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AND  ITS  DISEASE,  FLIES,  AND  ODORS 

MADE  IN  ALL  SIZES  FOR 

RESIDENCES,  APARTMENTS.  INSTITUTIONS 


HARRY  C.  KENNEDY.  DISTRIBUTOR 
953  CENTURY  BUILDING 


OLIVE  1919 


CENTRAL  367 


COMPLETE 


BUILDING  ORDINANCES 

OF  THE 


CITY  OF  ST.  LOUIS 


REVISED  UP  TO 


SEPTEMBER  1st.  1917 


WESTERN  PUBLICITY  BUREAU 

W.  D.  CAVE  HARRY  C.  KENNEDY 


953  CENTURY  BUILDING 
SAINT  LOUIS 

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IV 


FOREWORD 


HIS  HANDBOOK  of  Building  Ordinances  of  the 
City  of  St.  Louis  for  the  year 
1917—18 

presents  an  almost  complete  revision  of  the 
building  code.  It  is  published  in  *the  interest 
of  all  Architects,  Engineers  and  Contractors 
of  the  city  and  is  distributed  to  them  gratis. 
It  depends  on  the  advertising  that  appears  on  its  pages 
for  existence. 

The  firms  who  advertise  in  this  edition  expect  returns 
from  their  investment  and  we  have  prepared  a classified 
list  of  our  advertisers  which  may  be  found  on  pages  269 
to  288.  It  is  our  endeavor  to  allow  only  good,  reliable 
firms  to  advertise  in  the  Handbook,  and  we  take  this 
opportunity  of  asking  the  Architects,  Engineers  and  Con- 
tractors to  consider  those  whose  announcements  appear 
in  these  pages,  when  in  need  of  materials  or  when  writing 
specifications.  Thus  lending  your  aid  will  make  it  possi- 
ble to  maintain  the  high  standard  of  the  book  prepared 
for  your  use. 

We  welcome  any  suggestions  from  users  of  the  Hand- 
book which  might  tend  to  advance  its  aim.  We  have 
endeavored  to  index  and  cross-index  each  section  of  the 
code  matter  and  trust  that  this  feature  will  prove  espe- 
cially serviceable  to  those  who  are  obliged  to  refer  to  its 
pages. 


V 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 


AUTOMOBILE  FILLING  STATIONS 161 

AUTOMOBILE  GARAGE  .7:: 155 

^ BOILER  AND  ELEVATOR  ORDINANCES 239 

BOILER  CODE  AND  SPECIFICATIONS  (American  Society  of 

Mechanical  Eng-ineers)  193 

BUILDING  ORDINANCES  1 

DRY  CLEANING  ESTABLISHMENTS 165 

INDEX  ADVERTISERS  (ALPHABETICAL) 285 

INDEX  ADVERTISERS  (CLASSIFIED) 269 

LACLEDE  GAS  REGULATIONS 261 

LODGING  HOUSES  , 143 

NITRO-CELLULOSE  FILMS  153 

PICTURE  MACHINES  AND  BUILDINGS 149 

PLUMBING  ORDINANCES  169 

REINFORCED  CONCRETE  REGULATIONS 49 

SMOKE  AND  SMOKE  ABATEMENT 189 

TABLES  AND  FORMULAE 253 

INDEXES 

BUILDING  ORDINANCES  VII-XX 

PLUMBING  ORDINANCES  XXI 

BOILERS  AND  ELEVATORS XXII-XXVII 


VI 


I 


INDEX 

BUILDING  ORDINANCES 


Section  Page 

Access — To  Premises  of  adjoining  owner 42  21 

Adjoining  Premises — Access  to ; 42  21 

Air  Spaces — Hollow  brick  walls 61  31 

Alarm  Bells — Notice  176  113 

Alteration  of  plans 12  5 

Alterations  18  6 

“ Cost  of  replacing — Fire  damage 7 3 

“ Examination  by  commissioner 5 3 

“ To  conform  to  ordinances 6 3 

Anchoring  walls  to  joists,  girders  or  beams 83  43 

Apartment  Houses — Brick  walls  for 56  29 

Application — Form  of 9 3 

Approval — Plans  and  specifications 11  5 

Area  of  lot  occupied 182  117 

Automobile  Filling'  Stations 281  161 

“ Application  for  permits 283  161 

“ Installation — Tanks  287  161 

“ Investigation  by  commissioner 284  161 

“ Permit  to  install  tank — Fee 285  161 

“ Permit  required 281  161 

“ Tanks — Location  286  161 

“ Tanks — Connection  289  163 

“ Tanks — Construction  288  163 

“ Violation — Misdemeanor — Fine 290  163 

Awnings — ■ Stationary  160  105 

Balconies  158  105 

Bath  Rooms — Attached  to  existing  building 165  107 

Beams — Bearing  of  wooden 86  45 

“ Cutting  for  pipes 88  45 

“ Ends  to  be  beveled 81  43 

“ Loads  on 112  71 

“ Trimmer  and  header 85  45 

“ And  walls  to  be  braced 73  35 

“ ’ And  woodwork  near  flues 84  45 

“ Wooden — In  party  walls 80  43 

“ Wooden — Least  thickness 79  43 

Bearing  Walls — Thickness  increased  for  openings 59  29 

Bearing — Of  wooden  beams 86  45 

Bells,  Alarm — Notice,  etc..  Hotels '...176  113 

Billboards — Permit — Removal  171  111 

Boilers — Furnaces  and  ovens — Installing 139  95 

Boiler  Rooms,  coal  or  fuel  rooms 145  99 

Bond  and  cap  plates ; 66  31 

Brick — Or  stone  piers — Bond  and  cap  plates 66  31 

Brick  Walls — For  dwellings — Lodging — Apartment  houses.  56  29 

“ Thickness  of 55  27 

Bricks—  Wetting  54  27 

Brick  Work — And  bond — Quality 53  27 

Bridging  82  43 


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Size  of  lot 

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Sprinkling  device 

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Structural  requirements 

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Columns,  boring 

Corbels  and  offsets 


Floors  and  roofs 

Frames — Metal  

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Hollow  spaces 

Masonry,  walls 

Metallic  members  fireproofed 

Roof  covering 

Structural  parts,  non-combustible 

Structural  requirements 

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What  buildings  shall  be  second  class 

Unrestricted  floor  areas 

Unrestricted,  floor  sprinklers,  stairways,  etc. 

Areas  

Fire  shutters 


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Structural  requirements 

Walls,  masonry  or  concrete 

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Columns  

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Girders 

Height  

Partitions  


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Buildings,  Area  33  16 

Iron  Clad  Definition  33  16 

“ Height  33  16 

“ Location  on  lot 33  16 

“ Roofs  and  side.«: 33  16 

“ Within  fire  limits 33  16 

“ Wood  frame  work  encased  in  metal 33  16 

“ Wooden  floors 33  16 

Buildings  failing  to  conform  to  requirements 36  17 

Building  not  to  be  altered  without  examination  by  com- 
missioner  5 3 

Building  supporting  trusses,  walls  of 58  29 

Building  used  for  theatrical  purposes — Duties — Penalties 185  121 

Caissons — Pneumatic  45  23 

Ceilings — Metal  or  plaster  covered — 3rd-4th  class.....  77  39 

Certificate — Of  compliance 8 3 

Chases  60  29 

Chimney — Supports  136  95 

Chimneys — Cupola  146  101 

“ Fireplaces  and  flues 134  93 

“ Flues  detached  from  masonry  walls 135  95 

“ Smoke  stacks — Height 147  101 

“ Unsafe  137  95 

Columns  109  69 

Concrete  buildings — thickness  of  walls 57  29 


CONCRETE  REINFORCED 


Definition  57  23 

Quality  of  Materials 92  49 


Portland  cement 
Sand 

Broken  stone 
Stiength  of  concrete 
Physical  properties  of  steel 
Test  specimens  of  steel 
Bending  tests 
Finished  steel 

General  Reciuireaients 93  50 

Drawings 

Conditions  of  surface  of  steel 
Cleaning  steel 
Proportion  of  concrete 
Unit  measure  of  cement 
Mixing  concrete 

Wetness  and  placing  of  concrete 
Placing  concrete 
Placing  steel 
Location  of  joints 
Joining  old  and  new  work 
Freezing  weather 
Protection  of  structural  parts 
Protection  of  concrete  from  drying 
• Removal  of  forms  during  warm  weather 

Removal  of  forms  during  cold  weather 
Forms 

Cleaning  forms 
Loading  tests 
Tests  of  materials 

De.sign  94  53 

Weight  of  concrete 
Weight  of  materials 
Designing  loads 

Exceptions  to  reduction  on  columns 
Theory  of  stresses 


XI 


Section  Page 

Unit  Stresses  95  57 

Concrete 

Steel 

Compression  in  steel 

Bonding  stress,  plain  bars 

Bonding  stress,  other  than  plain  bars 

Columns  96  57 

Maximum  column  length 
Combined  flexure  and  compression 
Reinforcement  in  columns 


Hooped  columns 
Semi-hooped  columns 

Minimum  covering  of  steel 97  59 

Girders,  beams  and  slabs 98  59 

Moment  co-efficients 
Minimum  spacing  of  steel 
T beams 

Temperature  reinforcement 99  61 

Splicing  steel  100  61 

Rules  governing  flat  slab  designs 101  61 

Definition 

Method  of  calculation 


Bending  moments  of  two-v/ay  reinforcement 
Bending  moments  for  four-way  system 
Unit  stresses 
Size  of  columns 
Column  cap 

Drop  panel  over  column 

Wiring  and  placing  steel  rods 

Thickness  of  slabs 

Testing 

Finally 


Concrete — Walls  and  foundations 51  25 

Conservatories — Greenhouses 164  107 

Construction — Bath  rooms  attached  to  an  exisiting  build- 
ing   165  107 

“ Xew  theatres  188  127 

Cornices 157  105 

Cost  of  permits 4 2 

Costs — How  paid — Lien  on  property  of  delinquent .. 207  143 

Courts  184  117 

Cupola  Chimneys  146  101 

Cutting  beams  for  pipes 88  45 

Definition — “Live”  and  “Dead”  loads 105  69 

Definitions — Terms  used 19  7 

Department  of  buildings — Control  in  every  theatre 199  135 

Doors — Certain  buildings  to  be  hung — How 127  91 

“ Revolving 126  91 

“ Shutters  to  be  closed  at  night 125  91 

Drain  Tiles — Ground — Dampness 46  23 

Dry  cleaning  establishments — Application  for  license 291  165 

“ Boiler  and  power  requirements 295  167 

“ Construction,  room-building,  etc 293  165 

“ Handling  of  oils 294  165 

“ Inspection  and  certificate  fee 292  165 

“ Unlawful  in  tenement  house 297  167 

“ Ventilation,  equipment,  lighting 293  165 

“ Vent  pipe  in  dry  room 296  167 

“ Penalty  298  167 

Dumb-waiter  shafts — Material  used  in  enclosing  same 132  93 

Duties — Police  ..208  143 

Duty — - Excavators  and  adjoining  owners 41  21 

“ Owners,  lessees,  stairways  and  fire  escapes.. 121  89 

“ Notify  commissioner — Ready  for  inspection.  16  6 

Dwellings — Brick  walls  for 56  29 

Elevator — Enclosures  in  manufacturing  buildings 128  91 

“ Shafts,  grating  and  floors 131  93 

Elevators — Connection  with  stairways 130  93 

“ Grain 35  17 

“ Skylights  over 133  93 

Ends  of  beams — To  be  beveled SI  43 

Erection — Booths — Changes  in  floor  space 201  137 

“ Fire  escapes — Location — Construction 119  85 

“ Signs 170  109 

Excavations — Foundations 40  21 

Excavators — Duty  of  and  adjoining  owners 41  21 

Existing  party  walls  may  be  used 70  35 


XII 


Section  Page 


Expiration — Permits  14  , 6 

Extension — Permits  15  6 

Fees — Inspection 17  6 

Fences — Walls — Screens 172  112 

Films,  nitro-cell — Buildings  wherein  stored 254  155 

“ Examining  and  repairing 249  153 

“ Fire  extinguishers 253  153 

“ Light  248  153 

“ Metal  cans  for  waste  storage 250  153 

“ Heating  apparatus 251  153 

“ Smoking  prohibited 252  153 

“ Storage  247a  153 

“ Violation  and  penalty ./ 255  155 

Fire  appliances — Hotels,  lodging  and  boarding  houses 173  112 

Fire  damage — Cost  of  replacing  considered 7 3 

Fire  doors — Closed  at  night 125  91 

“ Inside  124  89 

Fire  Escapes — Erection  of,  location,  etc 119  85 

“ Lights  and  signs 175  112 

“ Obstruction  of  121  89 

Fire  extinguishers — Hotels,  lodging  houses ,,..,173  112 

Fire  Limits — 20  9 

“ Porches,  verandas,  etc 163  107 

Fire  places,  chimneys  and  flues 134  93 

Fire  places,  hearths  138  95 

Fire  stops  in  wooden  stud  partitions  and  wall  furring 90  47 

Fire  walls  and  copings 74  37 

Fireproof  doors  and  shutters 122  89 

Fireproof  walls  for  light  and_vent  shafts 166  109 

First  class  buildings — Deflnition 21  10 

“ Filling  of  air  spaces 21  10 

“ Protection  of  steel 21  10 

“ Restriction  use  of  wood 21  10 

“ Structural  requirements  and  details 21  10 

First  class,  exceeding  206  feet  bight 23  11 


Chemical  Are  extinguishers 
Elevator  shafts  and  stairways 
Fire  hose 
Frontage 

Metal  frames  and  wire  glass 

Open  stairway  curtains 

Size  of  lot 

Solid  partitions 

Sprinkling  devices 

Stand  pipes 

Wire  glass  partitions 


First  class  buildings — Restrictions,  floors,  areas 37  19 

Floor  areas  unrestricted — 1st  and  2nd  class  buildings 38  19 


Automatic  sprinklers 
Enclosed  stairways 
Enclosed  elevator  shafts 
Enclosed  fireproof  stairways 
Third  class  buildings 
Semi-fireproof  buildings 
Fourth  class  buildings 


Floor  areas — Restrictions — First  and  second  class 37  19 

Floor  and  roof  loads 104  67 

Floors — Loads  safely  distributed 106  69 

“ Strength  to  be  computed 107  69 

“ Temporary  150  103 

Flues — Beams  and  wood  work  near  84  45 

Detached  from  masonry  walls 135  95 

Fire  places — Chimneys 134  93 

Footings  47  25 

Form  of  application 9 3 

Foundation  walls 48  25 

Foundations — Excavations  40  21 

“ Concrete  for 51  25 

“ Pneumatic  caisson 45  23 

Fourth  cIuNH  buildIngH 29  15 


• Walls  and  structural  parts  of  wood  or  with 
metallic  members  not  fireproofed 
Structural  requirements  and  details  of  construction 


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Fourth  class  buildings  inside  the  fire  limits 30  lb 

Roof  covering 
Position  on  lot 
Ground  areas 
Height 

Not  used  as  dwelling 

Fourth  class  buildings  outside  the  lire  limits 31  16 

Size 

Height 

Location  on  lot 
Continuous  rows 

Fuel  rooms — Boiler  rooms ...145  99 

Gables  162  107 

Garage — Auto  repair  shop 278  159 

Storage  garage  278  159 

Repair  shop  for  automobiles 279  159 

Penalty  280  159 

Garages — Calcium  carbide  storage 270  157 

“ Construction  of  garage 258  155 

“ Definition  of  garage 256  155 

“ Definition  term  approved 273  157 

“ Definition  volatile  liquid 257  155 

“ Hlectric  charging  apparatus 264  156 

“ Fires,  lights  under  automobiles 262  156 

“ Fire  extinguishers 268  157 

“ • Inflammable  liquids  for  cleaning 266  156 

“ Inflammable  liquids,  storage 261  156 

“ Metal  waste  cans 269  157 

“ Ordinances  to  be  posted 271  157 

" Movable  incandescent  lights ...263  156 

“ Penalty  ' 272  157 

“ Pumps  to  be  enclosed 259  165 

“ Regulations — fires  in 260  156 

" Rules  and  regulations 266  155 

" Smoking  prohibited 266  156 

“ Waste  boxes,  etc 267  157 

Gas  Fixtures  ....148-  101 

Gas  Pipes — Fixtures  kept  in  order — upon  whom  duty 

rests  149  101 

Girders — Loads  on  Ill  71 

Grain — Elevators  35  17 

Grating — Floor  under  machinery  and  top  of  elevator  . ' 

shafts  131  93 

Green  Houses — Conservatories  164  107 

Ground — Dampness  46  23 

Ground  test  102  67 

Guests — PJotel  notice  to 174  112 

Hatchways — Well  holes  to  be  barred  or  inclosed 128  91 

Hearths — Fire  places  138  95 

Height — May  be  increased 71  36 

Size  of  rooms 178  115 

Smoke  stacks  and  chimneys.... .147  101 

Height — Stories  .>....... 67  33 

Hollow  Brick—  Walls  62  31 

Hollow  Tile—  Walls  75  37 

Hot  Air  Pipes — Registers  143  99 

Hotels — Public  lodging  or  boarding  houses — rope,  fire 

extinguishers  or  stand  pipes — failure  to 

provide — a misdemeanor,  penalty 173  112 

Inclosure — Elevators  in  mercantile  or  manufacturing 

buildings  129  91 

Increased  Thickness — Of  Bearing  Walls  with  openings 59  29 

Inside  fire  doors  124  89 

Inspection — Duty  to  notify  when  ready 16  6 

Inspection — Fees  17  6 

Inspection  fee  to  be  paid — License — Certificate 177  113 

Installing — Boilers,  furnaces  and  ovens 139  95 

Iron  Clad  Buildings 33  16 

Area 

Definition 

Height 

Location  on  lot 
Metal  roofs  and  sides 
Within  fire  limits 

Wood  frame  work  encased  with  metal 
Wooden  fioors 


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Least  thickness  for  wooden  beams 79  43 

Lights  in  Hallways — Transparent  sign  at  fire  escape 175  112 

Limit  of  height  of  first-class  buildings 22  10 

Livery  stable  277  159 

Loads — Live  and  dead  definitions 105  69 

Loads  on  beams  112  71 

Loads  carried  by  the  soil 103  67 

Loads  on  fioors  and  roofs 104  67 

Loads  on  fioors  to  be  safely  distributed 106  69 

Loads  on  girders  Ill  71 

Loads  on  Piles — Timber  piles — Concrete  piles 44  23 

Loads  on  walls,  piers  and  columns 110  71 

Lodging  Houses — Application  214  143 

“ Conflicting  ordinances  229  147 

“ Definition  212  143 

“ Disinfection  rooms,  etc 221  146 

“ Fees — annual  217  144 

“ Fumigation,  destruction  bedding 223  147 

“ Inspection  on  filing 215  144 

Inspection  and  report 222  146 

“ Limitation  number  of  persons 220  146 

“ Nonconformity  or  violation 224  3 47 

“ Penalty  for  operating 225  147 

“ Permit  213  143 

“ Permit  to  be  posted 219  146 

“ Proceedings  on  filing 216  144 

“ Repeated  violations  227  147 

“ Requirements  and  regulations 218  144 

“ Violation,  penalty  226  147 

Lodging  Houses,  Hotels — Alarm  bells 176  113 

“ Fire  appliances  173  112 

“ Lights  and  signs 175  112 

“ Notice  to  guests 174  112 

“ Rooms,  height  and  size 178  135 

“ Ventilation  180  115 

“ Windows  179  115 

Lodging  Houses — -Brick  walls  for 56  29 

Lumber  Sheds — Wood  construction  32  16 


Areas 

Height 

Location  on  lot 
Open  sides 
Roof  covering 


Mansard  roofs  155  103 

Manufacturing  Buildings — Stairways,  passageways,  etc 115  77 

Materials — Quality  39  19 

“ For  walls  50  25 

Metal  facing  69  33 

Metal  or  Plaster  Covered  Ceilings  and  Partitions — 3rd  and 

4th  class  77  39 

Metallic  leaders  from  roofs 156  103 

Mortars — Quality  of 52  27 

New  Theatres — Aisles,  doors  and  passageways 194  133 

New  Theatrical  Buildings — Must  first  be  approved  by  Building 
Commissioner — No  license  until  certificate 
be  given — Hearing  to  be  had  whether  ar- 
ticle complied  with — Proceedings — Revo- 
cation of  permit  by  License  Collector — 

Reinstatement 200  137 

New  Theatres—  Entrances  and  exits — Other  regulations ....  189  127 

" Interior  construction  190  129 

“ Interior  fire  walls ’ 191  131 

“ Location  of  boilers 196  135 

“ Proscenium  wall  and  openings 192  131 

" Registers  and  radiators 197  135 

“ Stairways  195  133 

“ Work  shop,  storage  and  property  rooms.... 193  133 

“ Nine  inch  walls 68  33 

“ Non-bearing  Wall  may  be  of  reduced  thick- 
ness   64  31 

Notice  to  Guests — Lodging  house 174  112 

Notice — How  Served — Lodging  house  owner 205  141 

Notice  to  be  Posted  on  Each  Floor — Lodging  house 108  69 

Ordinance  not  retroactive 210  143 

Owner  or  Agent — Prohibited  from  renting  or  leasing — Mis- 
demeanor— Penalty  206  141 


XVI 


Section 


Parapet  fire  walls  and  copings 74 

Partitions — Metal  or  plaster  covered,  3d-4th  class 77 

“ Wall  furring,  fire  stops  in 90 

“ Wall  furring  wood 89 

Party  Walls — Existing  may  be  used 70 

“ Wooden  beams  in 80 

Penalty  202 

Penalty — Refusal  entrance  to  building 211 

“ Where  none  other  provided 209 

Pent  Houses — How  constructed  168 

Permits — Cost  4 

“ Expiration  14 

“ Extension  15 

“ Not  issued  until  water  rates  paid 3 

“ Required  2 

“ Revocation  13 

Picture  Machines — Definition 235 

“ Buildings  for  244 

“ Booths,  construction 237- 

“ Booths,  doors,  etc 240  . 

" Booths,  Equipment  242 

“ Booths,  Incombustible  238 

“ Ventilation  239 

“ License  245 

“ Operator  243 

“ Penalty  246 

“ Booths,  Wiring 241 

Piers — Brick  or  stone 66 

Piles — Loads  on 44 

“ Timber  and  concrete 44 

Piling  43 


Where  used 

Approved  by  building  commissioner 


Diameter 

Protection 

Plans — Alteration  of 12 

Plans  and  specifications 10 

Plastering — How  done 78 

Plates — Bond  and  cap 66 

Pneumatic  Caisson — Foundations  45 

Police — Duties  208 

Porches,  verandas,  porticos,  construction  of,  inside  fire  limits  163 

Projections  over  sidewalks  on  street  or  alley  lines 159 

Quality  of  Brick  Work  and  Bond 53 

Quality  of  Materials 39 

Quality  of  Mortars 52 

Rear  yards  183 

Recesses  and  Chases 60 

Reconstruction  of  Buildings  Damaged  by  Fire — Cost  of  replac- 
ing decayed  and  dilapidated  parts  to  be 

considered  7 

Reconstruction — Cost  of  replacing  consiaered 7 

Registers  and  hot  air  pipes 143 

Regulation  of  Lights 187 

Reinforced  Concrete  Rules — See  under  Concrete  for  complete 
index.  • 

“ Columns  96 

“ Definitions  91 

“ Designs  94 

“ General  requirements 93 

“ Girders,  beams,  slabs 98 

“ Material  92 

“ Minimum  covering  of  steel 97 

“ Rules  governing  fiat  slab  design 101 

“ Splicing  steel 100 

“ Temperature  reinforcing 99 

“ Unit  stresses  95 

Removal  or  Securing  of  Unsafe  Buildings — Condemnation — No- 
tice— Cost — How  paid .204 

Repalr.s  and  renewal  of  roofs 153 

Restrictions  of  floor  areas 37 

First  Class 
Second  Class 
Partition  Walls 

Restriction — Use  of  Timber  in  Walls 68 

Retaining  Walls  49 

Revocation  of  permits 13 


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Section  Page 

Revolving  Doors — When  same  shall  be  constructed,  used  or 


maintained  126  91 

Roofs  lo2  103 

Roofs  of  Adjoining  Buildings _154  103 

Roofs — Mansard  155  103 

“ Metallic  leaders  from 156  103 

“ Repairs  and  renewals 153  103 

Rooms — Height  and  size,  hotels,  lodging  houses .....  178  115 

Second-class  Buildings 25  12 


Bearing  plates. 

Boring  columns 

Corbels  and  offsets 

Floors  and  roofs 

Dressed  timbers 

Heavy  timber,  structural  parts 

Least  dimension  of  timbers 

Noncombustible  structural  parts 

No  hollow  spaces 

Masonry  walls 

Metal  frames  and  wire  glass,  etc. 

Metallic  members  fireproofed 
Roof  coverings 

Structural  requirements  and  details 

What  buildings  shall  be..,, 26  13 

Restrictions  floor  areas 37  19 

Semi  Fire-proof  Buildings 28  14 

Areas 

Columns  and  girders 

Fire-proofing  metallic  structural  parts 

Floors  and  roofs 

Height 

Masonry  and  concrete  walls 

Partitions 

Partition  walls 

Restrictions,  use  of  wood 

Roof  coverings 

Stairs 


Setting  steam  and  hot  water  pipes 144  99 

Setting  of  stoves,  ranges  and  boxes  on  combustible  floors, 

except  in  dwellings 140  97 

Setting  of  stoves  and  ranges  in  dwellings 141  97 

Sewer  connections  151  103 

Show  windows  161  105 

Shutters  to  be  opened  from  outside 123  89 

Signs — Erection  of  170  109 

Skylights  over  elevators 133  93 

Slated  walls  and  gables 162  107 

Smoke  pipes  142  99 

Smoke  Stacks — Height  147  101 

Soil — Loads  to  be  carried 103  67 

Specifications — Plans,  etc  10  3 

Spires,  towers,  domes  on  top  buildings 167  109 

Stand  pipes  120-  87 

Standpipe  and  fire  apparatus — Theatres ..186  125 

Standpipes  and  fire  apparatus — New  theatres 198  135 

Stairways,  passageways,  doors  and  fastenings  of  mercantile 

and  manufacturing  buildings  115  77 

Stairs  for  hospitals,  asylums,  schools,  halls  and  places  of 

public  assemblage  116  81 

Stairways  in  hotels,  public  boarding  and  lodging  houses,  ten- 
ement houses,  apartment  houses,  number 

— How  constructed  117  83 

Stationary  Awning — Inspection  to  be  made 160  105 

Steam  Pipes — Setting  of 144  99 

Steel  buildings  of  fourth-class  34  17 

Stirrup  irons  87  45 

Stone  Ashlar — Terra  cotta  and  metal  facings 69  33 

Stone  piers  66  31 

Stone  quaries  275  157 

Stories — Height  of  67  33 

Stoves,  ranges,  setting  in  dwellings 141  97 

Stoves — Setting  of  140  97 

Strength  of  floors  to  be  computed 107  69 


XVIII 


Section 

Stresses  allowable  unit ; 113 

Combined  stresses 

Masonry- 

Metals 

Plate  g-irders,  flanges,  compression 


Riveted  tension  members 

Quality  of  timber 

Stresses  of  opposite  character 

Timber 

Supports  for  Chimneys , 136 

Tanks — Water  and  supports..* 169 

Temporary  Floors — During  building  operations 150 

Terms  used — Definition  19 

Tenement  houses,  water  closets 181 

Terra  Cotta — Facing  69 

Theatres — Building  used  for 185 

“ Fire  apparatus  186 

“ Regulation  of  lights 187 

Theatres,  New — Construction  188 

“ Entrance,  exits,  etc 189 

“ Interior  construction  190 

“ Interior  fire  walls  191 

“ Aisles,  doors,  passages ..194 

“ Boiler  location  196 

“ Booths,  floors,  aisles  not  to  be  changed ....  201 

“ Condemnation  proceedings  204 

“ Commissioner  to  have  control 199 

“ General  requirements  200 

“ Procenium  walls — openings  192 

“ Registers  and  radiators 197 

“ Stairways  195 

“ Standpipes,  fire  apparatus 198 

“ Workshops,  storage,  etc 193 

Thickness  of  Brick  Walls 55 

Thickness  of  curtain  walls  may  be  reduced 65 

Thickness  in  Walls  of  buildings  of  concrete  construction 57 

Third-clas.s  Buildings 27 

Areas 


Fire  shutters  in  partition  walls 
Heights 

Masonry  and  concrete  walls 
Metallic  members  not  fire  proofed 
Partitions 
Roof  coverings 

Structural  requirements  and  details 
Wooden  joists  and  studs 
Wood  floors 


Third-class  buildings,  metal  or  plastered  ceilings 77 

Tile,  Hollow—  Walls  75 

Tiles — Drain  for  ground  dampness 46 

Towers,  domes  and  spires  on  tops  of  buildings 167 

Trimmer  and  header  beams 85 

Unit  Stresses — Allowable  and  special  requirements. 113 

Unre.stricted  Floor  Area.s — First  and  second-class  buildings.  ...  38 


Automatic  Sprinklers 
Enclosed  stairways 
Enclosed  elevator  shafts 
Enclosed  fireproof  stairs 
Third-class 
Semi-fireproof 
Fourth-class 


Unsafe  Buildings — Notice  204 

“ Removal  or  securing 204 

“ Renting  or  leasing  prohibited 206 

“ Violation,  misdemeanor,  lien,  etc 207 

.Unsafe  Chimneys  137 

Ventilating  openings  in  bed  rooms 180 

Vent  Shafts — Fire-proof  walls  166 

Walls  with  air  spaces  and  hollow  brick 61 

Walls — Anchored  to  joists,  girders  or  beams 83 

AValls  and  beams  to  be  braced 73 

Walls  of  buildings  supporting  trusses 58 

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Walls — Concrete,  for  51  25 

“ Existing  height  may  be  increased 71  35 

“ Fences,  screens 172  112 

“ Fireproof  for  vent  shafts 166  109 

“ Foundation  48  25 

“ With  hollow  bricks 62  31 

“ Hollow  tile 75  37 

“ Piers,  columns,  loads  on 110  71 

“ Materials  for  50  25 

“ Nine  inch  68  33 

“ Thickness  of,  in  concrete  buildings 57  29 

“ Thickness  increased  with  openings 59  29 

“ To  be  plastered  back  of  wainscoating 76  39 

“ Non-bearing,  reduced  thickness 64  31 

“ Not  to  be  carried  up  in  advance  of  others.  . . 72  35 

“ Restriction  use  of  timber 63  31 

“ Retaining  49  25 

Waterclosets  in  tenement  houses 181  115 

Water — Rates  paid  before  permit  issued 2 

Water  tanks  and  their  supports 169  109 

Wetting  bricks  59  27 

What  buildings  shall  be  first-class 24  11 

Wind  pressure  on  buildings 114  77 

Windows  179  115 

Windows  in  public  halls  and  stair  halls 118  85 

Windows — Show  161  105 

Wooden  beams  in  party  walls 80  43 

Wooden  stud  partitions  and  wall  furrings 89  45 


CONSULT 


ADVERTISERS' 


CLASSIFIED  INDEX 


PAGES  269-288 


XX 


INDEX 


PLUMBING  ORDINANCES 


Section  Page 

Appeals  16  173 

Application — Plans  to  be  filed 20  174 

Board  examiners  6 171 

Bond — • Plumber  and  drainlayer 17  173 

Certificate — Drainlayers  and  sewer  builders 14  172 

“ Suspension  or  cancellation 15  173 

Condemnation — Defective  plumbing  45  187 

Conditions — Connection  to  private  sewer 44  187 

Connection  Sewer  35  182 

Defective — Plumbing — condemnation  45  187 

Definition — Plumbing  and  drainlaying 18  174 

“ Terms  used  ..  24  176 

Drain  and  soil  pipes 33  181 

Drain  Trap — House  sewer 32  180 

Drains — Subsoil  30  179 

Duties — Board  of  examiners 8 171 

“ Chief  inspector  5 169 

“ Secretary  9 171 

Fee — Examining  11  171 

“ Inspection  22  175 

House  Sewer — Drain  trap — fresh  air  inlet 32  180 

Inspection — Fee  22  175 

Insufficient — Pressure  40  186 

Leaders  31  179 

License — Registration  13  172 

Lifts — Sewer  39  185 

Notice — For  inspection  23  175 

Ordinance — Not  retroactive  50  188 

Penalty — For  working  at  business— no  license 47  188 

“ Where  none  other  provided 49  188 

Permits — Must  be  displayed 19  174 

“ Required  21  175 

Pipe — Drain  and  soil  33  181 

“ And  fittings  25  176 

“ Lead  27  178 

“ Lines  28  179 

Pipes — Acid  Waste 41  186 

“ Arrangement  29  179 

“ Service  26  178 

Plumbers’  Name — Not  to  be  used  by  others 48  188 

Pressure — Insufficient  40  186 

Qualifications — Of  licensed  plumbers 10  171 

Registration — License  13  172 

Revocation — License — power  12  172 

Right  of  entry  46  188 

Sewer — Connections  35  182 

“ Lifts  39  185 

“ Private — Condition  for  connection 44  187 

Signs — Display  19  174 

Supervision — Building  Commissioner 2 169 

Supply  Pipe — And  water  service 37  183 

Term  of  Office — Compensation  7 171 

Testing — Of  system  43  187 

Traps  38  184 

Vent  pipes  36  183 

Waste  Acid — Pipes  for  41  186 

Water  closets  34  181 

Water  Mains — Temporary  or  private 42  186 

Water  Service — And  supply  pipes 37  183 


XXI 


TABLE  CONTENTS 


BOILER  AND  ELEVATOR 
SECTIONS 


NEW  INSTALLATIONS 


SECTION  2 
3 


SECTION  5 
” 6 

••  7 

8 


POWER  BOILERS 
MATERIALS 

POWER  BOILERS 

CONSTRUCTION.  MAXIMUM  ALLOWABLE  WORKING  PRESSURE 

LOW  PRESSURE  STEAM  HEATING  BOILERS 
MATERIALS,  ETC. 

EXISTING  INSTALLATIONS 
MAXIMUM  ALLOWABLE  WORKING  PRESSURE 
DEFINITION  OF  TERMS 
VIOLATION  OF  ORDINANCE,  PENALTY 
ORDINANCE  EFFECTIVE 


BOILER  ORDINANCES 

BOARD  ENGINEERS,  INSPECTIONS  ETC. 

ELEVATOR  ORDINANCES 

DETAILS  OF  CONSTRUCTION-CLASSIFICATION 


PAGES 

193-198 

198-229 

229-233 

233-236 

237 

237 

237 

239-247 

247-252 


XXII 


NEW  INSTALLATIONS 


POWER  BOILERS 


Page 

Braced  and  Stayed  Siirfaees — 

Channel  irons  riveted  to  heads 202 

Cones  truncated,  max.  allowable  working 

pressure  202 

Crown  bars  and  girder  stays 209 

Diameter  of  pins  and  braces 208 

Maximum  allowable  working  pressure 202 

Rivets,  maximum  spacing 202 

Segments  of  heads,  area  to  be  stayed 204 

Segments  of  heads,  staying...,.., 204 

Staybolts,  riveted 202 

Staying  up  of  segments  of  steel  angles,  g09 

Stay  tubes  210 

Stresses  in  diagonal  and  gusset  stays,  208 

Bars — ' Specification  wrought  iron . 194 

Boiler  Joints — ■ Efficiency  199 

Braces  Welded — - Physical  properties  '. 194 


Butt  Straps- 
Calking 
Cast  Iron—* 
Castings — 


Cross  Pipes — 


Dished  heads 
Domes — 


Minimum  thickness  197 

215 

Not  to  be  used 196 

Gray  iron,  classification 198 

“ “ chemical  properties  198 

“ “ physical  properties  198 

“ “ specifications  198 

Chemicalu  composition  196 

Physical  properties  196 

Quality  196 

201 

Efficiency 201 

Fittings  and  appliances 226 


Fusible  plugs 
Gages — 
Manholes 
Inspection 
Joints — 


Water  and  steam. 


224 

226 

194 

229 


Circumferential  strength  199 

“ Efficiency  199 

“ Longitudinal  200 

“ Welded  200 

Ligaments — Efficiency  200 

Handholes  215 

Manhole  covers  194 

Maximum  allowable  working  pressure 198 

Mud  Drums — Quality  196 

Plates  and  tubes,  minihium  thickness 197 

Pressure,  maximum  allowable  working 198 

Pressure  parts,  quality  196 


Riveting 
Rivets 
Rivets — 


Safety  valves 
Setting 
Stamping 
Staybolts — 

Steel  Bars — 


Steel  Plates- 


Tests — 


214 
214 

Iron,  physical  properties  196 

Iron,  quality  195 

Steel,  chemical  properties 195 

Steel,  physical  properties 195 

Steel,  in  shear  strength 197 

217-221 

228 

229 

Physical  properties  195 

Quality  195 

Chemical  composition  195 

Physical  properties  195 

Process  manufacture  195 

Chemical  composition  194 

Physical  properties  194 

Marking  194 

Crushing  strength  196 

Minimum  thickness 197 

Tensile  strength  196 

Exceeding  9-16  inch  thickness 200 

Hydrostatic  229 


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Tubes — 


Tube  sheets  of 
Tube  Sheets — 
Wash  out  holes 
Water  Leg — 


Lap  welded  or  seamless 198 

Lap  welded  or  seamless,  chemical  properties 198 

Phre  tube  boilers,  minimum  thickness 197 

Tube  holes  and  ends 214 

Combination  chambers 210-214 

Minimum  thickness,  horizontal 197 

216 

Quality  196 


NEW  INSTALLATIONS 
LOW  PRESSURE  STEAM  HEATING  BOILERS 


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Boiler  joints  230 

Boiler  openings  230 

Fittings  and  appliances 232 

Gages,  steam  and  water 230 

Materials  229 

Maximum  allowable  working  pressure 230 

Safety  yalves  230 

Setting  233 

Stamping  233 


EXISTING  INSTALLATIONS 


Definition  of  abbreviations 237 

Fittings  and  appliances 235 

Materials,  strength  of 234 

Maximum  allowable  working  pressure 233 

Ordinance  effective 237 

Penalty,  violation  237 

Safety  valves  234 

Tests,  Hydrostatic  236 


XXV 


BOILER  ORDINANCES 


Appeals — 
Application — 

Appointment — 
Board — 


Boiler — 

Bond — 
Certificate — 
Commissioner — 
Condemnation — 
Fee — 

Inspection — 


Inspectors — 

License 

License- 

Manner — 

Notice — 
Notification — 
Penalty — 

Posting — 

Power — 

Record — 

Report — 

Revoked  License- 
Session — 


Section 


Board  public  service 14 

Examination  for  license 12 

Renewal  revoked  license 13 

Employes  steam  boiler  inspection 17 

Bond  of  Members 11 

Engineers  9 

Sessions,  power  revocation  license 10 

Inspection  20 

Member  of  board 11 

Where  posted  22 

To  report  name  and  number  boilers,  etc 23 

Report  of  commissioner 23 

For  inspection 18 

For  inspection  21 

Fee  18 

Fee  21 

Of  boilers  20 

Manner  of 19 

Appointment  by  commissioner 17 

10 

Application  and  examination 12 

Application  for  renewal  of  revoked 13 

Of  inspection 19 

Change  of  employment.^ 16 

Of  expiration  of  certificate 18 

Failure  to  have  inspection  made 18 

Failure  to  make  semi-annual  report 15 

Certificate  22 

Board  10 

Of  boilers  18 

Commissioner — Name,  number,  etc 23 

Licensed  engineers — Semi-annual  15 

-Application  for  renewal 13 

Of  board  10 


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XXVI 


ELEVATOR  ORDINANCES 


- ‘ ■ Par,  Page 

Automatic  elevators 28  250 

Automatic  stops  16  249 

Bolts  13  249 

Bumpers  5 24§ 

Cables  9 248 

Cables — Number  10  248 

Certificate — Inspection  27  252 

“ Posted  28  252 

Circuit  breakers  19  249 

Classification  1 247 

Clearances  •’  24  8 

Control  32  251 

Controlling  Device — Passenger  elevators  24  250 

Counterweight  6 248 

Defects — How  remedied 37  252 

Drums  and  sheaves • 18  249 

Dumb-waiters  36  252 

Elevators — Automatic 28  250 

“ Freight  29  250 

Enclosure — Freight  elevator  30  251 

“ Hand  operated  elevator 31  251 

“ Passenger-freight  elevatorr  34  251 

“ Shaft  27  250 

Equalizers  12  248 

Fee—  Inspection  26  252 

Framework — Passenger  elevators  23  249 

Freight  elevators  29  250 

Freight  Elevator — Enclosure  30  251 

Guards  21  249 

Guide  rails  4 247 

Hoisting  weights  12  248 

Light  22  249 

Limit  switches  17  249 

Load  maximum  11  248 

Maximum  load  11  248 

Operators — - Competent  25  252 

Overhead  screen  3 247 

Passenger  elevators — Controlling  device 24  250 

Passenger  elevators — Framework  23  249 

Passenger  elevators — Speed  governor 25  250 

Penalty  29  252 

Record — Notice — Inspection  fee  26  252 

Safety  devices  33  251 

Safety  locks  26  250 

Screens — Overhead  35  251 

Shaft  enclosure  27  250 

Sheaves  and  drums 18  249 

Slack  cable  devices 14  249 

Speed  Governor — Passenger  elevators 25  250 

Stops — Automatic  16  249 

Supports  2 247 

Switches — Limit  17  249 

Switch  protection  interlocking 20  249 

Weights  hoisting  and  drum  counter 12  248 


XNVII 


ROSTER 


O F 

ARCHITECTS 


Bell  Kinloch 


Barnett,  Haynes  & Barnett. Century  Bldg 

Barnett,  T.  P.  Co Central  Nat’l  Bank 

Black.  A.  W.  & Sons 319  N.  Fourth 

.M.  796 

.0.  3288  ....Cen.  2642 
,M.  2178 

Boehmer,  Otto  J 

Bonsack,  F.  C. 

.3500  Palm  St 

Pierre  Bldg. 

M.  1653  

Bouligault,  Marcel 

.207  N.  8th  St 

Bradshaw,  Preston  J 

.722  Chestnut  St 

,0.  971 

Brueggemann,  G.  F.  A 

..3rd  Nat’l  Bank  Bldg 

.O.  695 

Caldwell,  Wm.  A 

.1  19  N.  7th 

.O.  4830 

Cann  & Corrubia 

.705  Olive  St 

,0.  3640 

Clymer,  Harry  G 

.Wainwright  Bldg 

.M.  2735....Cen.  4512 

Cunliff,  Benjamin 

.706  Chestnut  St 

Deitering,  Chas.  H 

.705  Olive  St 

.O.  3619 

Dunham,  J.  M.  Co 

.721  Olive  St 

.O.  737 

Fames  & Young 

..Wright  Bldg 

.O.  2410 

Ewald,  Allen  & Toensfeldt. 

.Security  Bldg 

.M.  5272 

Grote,  Henry  C 

.6624  Washington  Av,. 

.Cab.  6040 

Groves,  Albert  B 

. Stock  Exch.  Bldg 

.M.  1 158....Cen.  1172 

XXVIII 


Gruen,  Wm.  H 

Bell  Kinloch 

...721  Olive  M.  554 

Hall  & Graf 

..915  Olive  St O.  2746 

Helfensteller,  Hirsch 

& Watson 

..Chemical  Bldg M.  428 Cen.  6524 

Hellmuth  & Hellmuth 

..Chemical  Bldg M.  2222 

Herthel,  John  W 

..Wainwright  Bldg 

Hess,  Henry  P 

..4811  Cote  Brilliante 

Hess,  Ernest  J 

..3226  Magnolia  Ave 

Hirshstein,  Jacob  M 

..Century  Bldg O.  4162 — Cen.  4398 

Hohenschild,  Harry  H 

..Navarre  Bldg O.  4764 

Howard,  Norman  B 

...Century  Bldg O.  4687 

Imbs,  Thos 

...2442  N.  Grand  Ave L.  4846 

Ittner,  Wm.  B 

..Board  Ed.  Bldg O.  3222 

Jamieson,  James  P 

..Security  Bldg M.  2646 

Janssen,  Ernest  C 

..Chemical  Bldg O.  439 

Kennerly  & Stiegemeyer. 

..202  N.  9th  St O.  1494 

Kirchner,  H.  Wm 

...722  Chestnut  St 

Kirsch,  Robert  G 

..4067  Magnolia  

Klipstein  & Rathmann 

..Chemical  Bldg O.  124..Cen.  2022L 

Klutho,  Victor  J 

.Syndicate  Trust M.  1906 

Kresse,  Oscar  F.,  Jr 

..Victoria  Bldg 

LeBaume  & Klein 

..Chemical  Bldg 0.5198 

Lange,  John  A 

..Security  Bldg M.  5272 

Lawler,  Edward  J 

..Wright  Bldg O.  2 1 1 1 

Lee,  J.  Sidney 

.6038  Delmar  Blvd 

Lee,  Thos.  C 

..Syn.  Tr.  Bldg O.  2170 

Link  & Trueblood 

. Carleton  Bldg M.  51  10 

Levy,  Will 

..Wright  Bldg M.  1043 

Little,  Edmund  C 

.705  Olive  St 

Lucas,  Wm.  A 

. 816  Olive  St Cen.  4873 

Manny,  Edmund  A 

.119  N.  7th O.  4830 

Maritz  & Henderson 

.415  Pine  St O.  3226 

Mauran,  Russell  & Crowell. 721  Olive  St M.  5460. 

May.  Chas.  F 408  Olive  St O.  921. 


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Kinloch 


Bell 

McArdle,  Montrose  P 72  1 Olive  St M.  473  1 

McMahon,  Wm.  P Wainwright  Bldg M.  533 

Meyer,  Albert 705  Olive  St M.  952 

Mills,  Wm.  H 45  79  Gibson  Ave 

Moore,  Melvin  M 407  N.  8th 

Mueller,  Vincent  G 506  N.  Vandeventer 

Mullen,  Daniel  H.,  Jr — Chemical  Bldg 

Musskopf  & Irish ...  4 1 5 Locust  St 

Niemann,  Emil  H 3816  Shaw  Ave 

Nolte  & Nauman Fullerton  Bldg Cen.  2187 

Paulus,  John  D Merch. -Laclede  Bldg O.  4465 Cen.  4330 

Pendleton,  L.  B 705  Olive  St M.  172  7 

Popp,  Oliver  J 8 1 6 Olive  

Powers,  Herbert  W ...Jdolland  Bldg O.  193 

Preisler,  Ernst  J 706  Chestnut  St O.  1218 

Saum,  Architects 625  Chestnut  St 0.4150 

Schaumburg,  Henry,  Jr 3631  Connecticut  

Senne,  Joseph  H 705  Olive  0.2195 

Stephens  & Pearson 705  Olive  M.  4196 

Study,  Guy Wright  Bldg M.  1490 

Taylor,  Isaac 717  Locust  St M.  1647 Cen.  784 

Thurston,  Chas.  L 105  N.  7th Cen.  6541 

Traber,  Oliver  R.  S Fullerton  Bldg O.  219 

Van  Keuren,  Chas.  W 207  N.  8th  St 

Volkmann,  Ed.  H.  A 3447  Pestalozzi  Vic.  1523 

Wagner,  Henry  A 407  N.  8th Cen.  505  1 

Wedemeyer,  Wm .Wainwright  Bldg O.  1560 Cen.  4696 

Wees,  John  L 2 1 4 N.  6th M.  716 

Wessbecher  & Hillebrand..  1 9 S.  Broadway 

Widmann  & Walsh Wainwright  Bldg M.  4208 

Wilhelm,  Otto  J 406  Market  St M.  2762 

Wray,  Chas.  H 220  N.  4th M.  326 

Wuest,  Gustave  P Wainwright  Bldg O.  592 


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Widmer,  A.  J 


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Bell 

Wainwright  Bldg O.  1 192 

Wright  Building O.  3604 

Ry.  Exch.  Bldg O.  1061’ 

Victoria  Building O.  1579 

Wright  Building O.  3604 

Century  Building O.  6270 


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XXXII 


BUILDING  CODE 


OF  THE 

CITY  OF  SAINT  LOUIS 

INCLUDING  ORDINANCES  REGULATING 

AUTOMOBILE  FILLING  STATIONS 
DRY  CLEANING  ESTABLISHMENTS 
GARAGES  AND  REPAIR  SHOPS 
LODGING  HOUSES 
PLUMBING 
CONCRETE 

TOGETHER  WITH 

AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  MECHANICAL  ENGINEERS 
BOILER  CODE  AND  SPECIFICATIONS 


Sec.  2.  Permits  required.  No  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall 
erect,  alter,  enlarge  or  repair  (except  minor  repairs),  any 
building  or  structure  intended  to  be  used  for  the  shelter,  support 
or  enclosure  of  persons,  animals,  or  chattels;  nor  wreck  or  remove 
any  such  buildings;  nor  erect  any  retaining  wall  or  fence  wall,  con- 
structed of  masonry,  tile  or  concrete;  nor  install  booths  in  or  make 
changes  in  the  floor  space  of  any  theater,  opera  house,  convention 
hall,  or  other  building  where  the  public  congregates,  as  provided  in 
Section  201;  nor  erect  any  sign  exceeding  twenty  square  feet;  nor 
erect  or  reconstruct  or  alter  any  billboard  having  twenty-five  square 
feet  or  more  surface;  nor  enclose  any  open  shed  or  pavilion,  within 
the  city  of  St.  Louis,  without  first  obtaining  a permit  authorizing 
same  from  the  division  of  building  and  inspection. 


8ec.  3.  Permits  not  to  ba  issued  until  water  r^tes  paid.  No  per- 
mits shall  be  issued  by  the  division  of  building  and  in- 
spection until  the  applicant  therefor  shall  have  filed  in  said  division 
a statement  in  writing,  signed  by  the  supervisor  of  the  assessment  of 
water  rates,  to  the  effect  that  payment  has  been  made  in  said  office 
for  the  water  to  be  used,  or  that  a water  meter  for  measuring  all 
water  to  be  used  has  been  installed,  or  that  the  nature  of  the  work 
to  be  done  is  such  that  no  water  shall  be  required  or  used  therefor; 
provided,  however,  that  if  such  permit  from  the  division  of  building 
and  inspection  shall  have  expired  or  been  revoked  without  any  work 
having  been  done  thereunder,  the  collector  of  revenue  shall,  on  the 
production  to  him  of  satisfactory  evidence  of  the  truth  of  such  facts, 
refund  any  sum  of  money  paid  for  water  under  the  requirements 
hereof. 

Sec.  4.  Cost  of  permits.  The  fee  to  be  paid  for  a permit  to 
erect  a building,  shed  or  other  structure  in  the  nature  of 
a building,  or  a tower,  retaining  wall,  fence  wall  or  smoke  stack,  or 
for  the  removal  of  a building  from  one  place  to  another,  shall  be 
one  dollar  if  the  estimated  cost  thereof  be  less  than  one  thousand 
dollars;  and  for  every  additional  one  thousand  dollars  of  cost  or 
fractional  part  thereof,  the  further  sum  of  fifty  cents  shall  be  paid. 
The  fee  to  be  paid  for  a permit  to  alter,  enlarge  or  repair  (except 
minor  repairs  as  defined  in  section  19  of  any  of  the  above  mentioned 
structures)  shall  be  at  the  same  rate  as  prescribed  for  the  erection 
of  new  structures. 

The  fee  to  be  paid  for  a permit  to  wreck  a building  shall  be  one 
dollar  for  every  twenty-five  hundred  square  feet  of  the  fioor  area  or 
fractional  part  thereof.  In  making  the  calculation,  the  total  fioor 
area  of  each  and  every  store  above  the  basement  shall  be  included. 

The  fee  to  be  paid  for  a permit  to  wreck  a tower,  retaining  wall, 
fence  wall,  smoke  stack,  shall  be  one  dollar  if  the  estimated  cost 
thereof  be  less  than  one  thousand  dollars,  and  for  every  additional 
one  thousand  dollars  of  cost  or  fractional  part  thereof,  the  further 
sum  of  fifty  cents  shall  be  paid. 

If  it  should  appear  to  the  building  commissioner  during  the  erec- 
tion, alteration,  enlargement,  repair,  wrecking  or  the  removal  of' 
any  building,  shed,  tower,  smoke  stack,  retaining  wall,  fence  wall  or 
other  structure  for  which  a permit  has  been  issued  that  the  cost 
thereof  is  in  excess  of  the  amount  stated  in  the  original  application, 
the  building  commissioner  shall  have  the  authority  to  re-estimate 
such  cost  and  to  require  the  owner  of  such  structure  to  pay  an  addi- 
tional fee,  so  that  the  fee,  when  paid  in  full,  shall  conform  to  the 
entire  cost  of  erecting,  altering,  enlarging,  repairing,  wrecking  or 
removing  such  structure  as  provided  in  this  section.  The  fee  to  be 
paid  for  the  installation  of  stoves  and  ranges  as  provided  in  Sections 
139  and  140  shall  be  one  dollar.  The  fee  to  be  paid  for  a permit  to 
erect  a sign,  as  provided  by  section  170,  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be 
at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  for  every  twenty-five  square  feet  of  area  of 
such  sign  or  fractional  part  thereof.  Every  such  permit  shall  state 
thereon  the  number  and  size  of  the  signs  permitted  thereby  and  the 
street  and  number  of  the  premises  whereon  they  are  to  be  placed. 

The  fee  to  be  paid  for  a permit  to  erect  billboards,  as  provided  in 
Section  171,  shall  be  at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  for  every  five  lineal 
feet  thereof,  and  every  such  permit  shall  state  therein  the  length 
of  the  billboard  permitted  thereby,  as  well  as  the  street  and  num- 
ber of  premises,  whereon  such  billboard  is  to  be  erected  and  the  dis- 
tance of  the  billboard  from  the  line  of  the  street,  alley  or  other 
public  thoroughfare.  The  fee  of  one  dollar  shall  be  paid  for  a per- 
mit to  install  booth,  or  make  changes  in  the  floor  space  of  theaters, 
opera  houses,  convention  halls,  or  other  places  where  the  public  con- 
gregate, as  provided  in  section  201  of  this  ordinance. 

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Sec.  5.  No  building  to  be  altered  without  examination  by  building 
commissioner.  No  building  shall  be  enlarged,  raised, 
altered  or  built  upon  until  it  shall  have  first  been  examined  by  the 
building  commissioner  or  his  duly  authorized  agents  and  found  to  be 
in  a safe  and  good  condition,  to  be  enlarged,  raised,  altered  or  built 
upon,  and  the  fee  for  such  examination  shall  have  been  paid. 

Sec.  6.  Alterations  to  conform  to  ordinances.  No  wall,  structure, 
building,  part  or  parts  thereof,  shall  hereafter  be  built,  • 
constructed,  altered  or  repaired,  except  in  conformity  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance,  provided,  however,  that  where  the  cost 
to  properly  repair  a building  is  less  than  fifty  per  cent  of  the  actual 
cost,  exclusive  of  the  foundation,  to  newly  erect  similar  building, 
such  repairs  may  be  of  the  same  construction  and  material  as  orig- 
inally used  in  the  erection  of  such  building. 

Sec.  7.  Rc^construction  of  building  damaged  by  fire.  Cost  of 
replacing  decayed  and  dilapidated  parts  to  be  considered. 
When  any  building  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis  is  damaged  by  fire,  the 
cost  of  replacing  all  decayed  and  dilapidated  parts,  if  any,  of  such 
building,  shall  be  added  to  the  actual  damage  done  by  fire,  and  if  the 
total  thereby  ascertained  exceeds  fifty  per  cent  of  the  actual  cost 
to  erect  a new  and  similar  building,  exclusive  of  the  foundations, 
on  the  identical  site,  if  such  building  is  repaired  or  rebuilt,  the 
requirements  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  conformed  to  in  every  par- 
ticular as  required  for  the  erection  of  new  buildings. 

Sec.  8.  Certificate  of  compliance.  No  building  hereafter  con- 
structed for,  or  altered  into  a tenement  house  shall  be 
occupied  in  whole  or  in  part  for  human  habitation  until  the  issuance 
of  a certificate  by  the  division  of  building  and  inspection,  to  the 
owner,  or  his  agent,  stating  that  said  building  conforms  in  all  re- 
spects to  the  requirements  of  this  ordinance. 

Such  certificate  shall  be  issued  within  five  days,  after  written  ap- 
plication therefor,  if  said  building  shall  have  been  completed  at  the 
date  of  such  written  application.  If  any  such  tenement  house  is 
found  occupied  before  the  issuance  of  such  certificate,  it  shall  forth- 
with be  vacated  upon  the  notice  from  the  division  of  building  and 
inspection.  The  supervisor  of  the  assessment  of  water  rates  shall 
not  permit  water  to  be  furnished  in  any  such  tenement  house  until 
a certificate  of  compliance  has  been  issued  by  the  division  of  build- 
ing and  inspection. 

Sec.  9.  Form  of  application.  Application  for  permits  shall  be 
made  in  writing  upon  forms  or  blanks  issued  by  the  divis- 
ion of  building  and  inspection.  All  applications  shall  state  clearly 
and  fully  the  work  proposed  to  be  done,  the  cost  thereof,  and  shall 
be  signed  by  the  owner  or  his  agent  and  filed  in  the  said  division. 
The  building  commissioner  may  require  that  said  application  shall 
contain  or  be  accompanied  by  a statement  in  writing,  sworn  to  before 
a notary  public,  giving  the  full  name  and  residence  of  the  owner, 
or  owners,  of  the  ground  and  structure,  building  or  shed,  upon  which 
it  is  proposed  to  do  any  work,  or,  if  the  work  is  proposed  to  be  done 
or  executed  by  any  person  other  than  the  owner  or  owners  of  the 
ground,  then  the  building  commissioner  may  require  a statement  in 
writing,  sworn  to  as  aforesaid,  giving  the  full  name  and  the  resi- 
dence of  such  person  or  persons  so  acting  as  agent,  lessee,  or  in  any 
representative  capacity,  and  that  he  or  they  are  duly  authorized  by 
the  owner  or  owners  to  perform  said  work. 

Sec.  10.  Plans  and  Specification.s.  True  copies  of  so  much  of 
the  plans  and  specifications  as  in  the  opinion  of  the 
building  commissioner  may  be  required  to  illustrate  the  features  of 
the  construction  and  the  equipment  of  the  building  shall  be  filed  in 

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said  division  until  the  completion  or  occupation  of  said  building, 
after  which  such  plans  and  specifications  shall  upon  demand,  be  re- 
turned by  the  building  commissioner  to  the  parties  who  deposited 
them.  It  shall  not  be  obligatory  upon  the  division  of  building  and 
inspection  to  retain  such  plans  and  specifications  in  its  custody  for 
more  than  three  months  after  the  completion  or  occupation  of  any 
building. 

All  plans  presented  for  examination  or  filing  shall  be  drawn  on 
tracing  cloth,  or  other  material  equally  durable,  to  a scale  in  India 
or  other  indelible  ink,  or  may  be  drawings  reproduced  by  the  sun 
print,  or  other  process.  The  building  line  shall  be  indicated  on  the 
foundation  plan,  and  the  plan  of  each  floor  and  all  necessary  eleva- 
tions and  sectional  drawings  to  fully  and  clearly  demonstrate  the 
character  and  construction  of  the  proposed  work  shall  be  furnished, 
together  with  a plan  of  the  lot  upon  which  the  building  is  to  be 
built  or  altered,  showing  its  proposed  location  on  the  lot,  and  the 
location  of  all  other  buildings,  if  any,  upon  such  lot.  The  plat  shall 
be  drawn  to  a scale,  and  shall  have  written  thereon  the  principal 
dimensions  of  the  lot  and  buildings,  and  their  location.  No  plans 
shall  be  accepted  unless  accompanied  by  specifications  sufficient  to 
enable  the  building  commissioner  to  obtain  full  and  complete  in- 
formation as  to  the  character  of  the  work  to  be  done  and  the  time 
to  be  occupied  in  doing  it.  The  specifications  and  plans  shall  be  in 
duplicate,  agree  in  every  respect,  and  shall  state  the  block  and  the 
lot  number  where  the  house  is  to  be  erected,  and  contain  the  name 
and  address  of  the  owner,  architect  and  builder. 

Sec.  11.  Approval  of  plans  and  .speciflcatidns  on  compliance  with 
building  code.  If  the  matters  mentioned  in  any  applica- 
tion for  a permit,  or  if  the  plans  and  specifications  accompanying 
and  illustrating  the  same  indicate  to  the  building  commissioner  that 
the  work  to  be  done  is  not  in  all  respects  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance,  he  shall  refuse  to  issue  a permit  until 
such  applications,  plans  and  specifications  shall  have  been  made  to 
conform  in  every  respect  to  the  requirements  hereof,  and  when  such 
applications  and  plans  and  specifications  conform  thereto  the  build- 
ing commissioner  shall  issue  a permit,  and  shall  file  said  applica- 
tion, and  shall  apply  to  the  plans  and  specifications  his  official 
stamp,  which  shall  imply  that  the  plans  and  specifications  to  which 
the  same  have  been  applied,  comply  with  the  terms  of  this  ordinance. 
The  one  set  of  plans  and  specification  so  stamped  shall  then  be 
returned  to  such  applicant. 

Sec.  12.  • Alterations  of  plans.  No  person  other  than  the  build- 
ing commissioner  or  his  duly  authorized  agents  shall 
erase,  materially  alter  or  modify  any  line,  figures,  or  coloring  con- 
tained upon  any  plans  or  specifications  after  the  same  have  been 
stamped  by  the  building  commissioner  or  filed  with  him  for  refer- 
ence. If,  during  the  progress  of  the  execution  of  the  work,  it  is  de- 
sired to  materially  deviate  in  any  manner  affecting  the  construction 
or  other  necessary  essentials  of  the  building  from  the  terms  of  the 
application,  plans  or  specifications,  notice  of  an  intention  to  mate- 
rially alter  or  deviate  therefrom,  shall  be  filed  in  the  division  of 
building  and  inspection  and  the  written  assent  of  the  building  com- 
missioner shall  first  have  been  obtained  before  such  alterations  or 
deviations  shall  be  made. 

Sec.  13.  Revocation  of  i>emiits.  If  the  work  upon  any  building 
shall  be  conducted  in  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance,  as  to  the  use  or  application  of  material  or  workmanship 
or  by  deviation  from  the  approved  plans  and  specifications  or  by  a 
false  statement  as  to  any  material  part  contained  in  or  accompany- 


ing  the  application  upon  which  any  permit  has  been  issued,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  building  commissioner  to  revoke  the  permit  for 
such  building  operations.  And  it  shall  be  unlawful  after  the  revoca- 
tion of  a permit  for  any  person  to  proceed  with  such  building  opera- 
tion until  said  permit  shall  first  have  been  reinstated  or  reissued  by 
the  division  of  building  and  inspection.  Before  a permit  which  has 
been  revoked,  for  any  of  the  causes  hereinbefore  mentioned  shall  be 
reinstated,  the  entire  building  and  building  site  shall  first  have  been 
placed  in  a condition  corresponding  with  the  requirements  of  this 
ordinance,  and  any  work  or  material  applied  to  the  same,  in  viola- 
tion of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  removed  from  said 
building.  The  reinstating  or  reissuance  of  a permit  shall  be  without 
cost  to  the  owner,  unless  the  cost  of  said  building  shall  be  found 
to  have  been  materially  increased  over  the  amount  stated  in  the 
application,  in  which  case  the  fee  shall  be  prorated  as  provided  in 
section  9 of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  14.  Expiration  of  permits.  No  permit  shall  be  of  any  force 
or  effect  after  the  expiration  of  one  year  from  the  date  of 
its  issuance.  If,  after  a permit  for  the  erection,  enlargement  or 
alteration  of  a building,  retaining  wall  or  fence  wall,  or  for  the 
repair  or  removal  of  any  building,  or  for  any  other  purpose  author- 
ized by  this  ordinance,  shall  have  been  granted  and  the  operation 
called  for  by  said  permit  shall  not  have  been  begun  within  one  year 
from  the  date  thereof,  or  if  such  operations  when  begun,  are  not 
completed  within  one  year  next  after  the  issuance  of  said  permit, 
then  said  permit  shall  be  void,  and  before  such  operations  can  be 
begun  or  completed  a new  permit  shall  be  procured  and  the  fee  paid 
as  required  by  this  ordinance  for  the  original  permit. 

Sec.  15.  Extension  of  permits.  If  it  shall  be  found  that  the 
time  called  for  in  any  permit  for  building  operations 
will  expire  before  the  said  building  or  buildings  can  be  completed, 
the  building  commissioner  shall  have  the  power  to  extend  the  time 
called  for  in  said  permit,  without  extra  cost  or  charge  therefor;  if 
from  evidence  he  may  obtain  in  regard  to  same  (from  the  owner  or 
architect  thereof,  or  from  the  contractor  for  such  building  opera- 
tions), he  shall  deem  it  proper  to  do  so. 

Sec.  16.  Duty  to  notify  building  commissioner  when  ready  for 
inspection.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  or  his  duly 
authorized  agent  or  builder  to  notify  the  building  commissioner  in 
writing  whenever  any  building  is  ready  for  inspection.  No  building, 
partition,  or  structure  shall  be  covered  in  by  lathing,  plastering, 
sheathing  or  otherwise,  until  it  shall  have  first  been  inspected  by  the 
buiding  commissioner  or  his  duly  authorized  agent,  and  the  fee  for 
said  inspection  shall  have  been  paid  as  provided  in  section  17  of  this 
ordinance. 

Sec.  17.  Inspection  fees.  The  fee  to  be  paid  for  inspection  as 
jrovided  in  sections  5,  7,  16,  18,  107,  139,  160,  177,  185, 
199,  200  and  201  of  this  ordinance  and  sections  536  and  2138  of  the 
Revised  Code  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  1912,  shall  be  two  dollars  for 
each  inspection. 

Sec.  18.  Alterations.  No  person  shall  proceed  to  raise,  enlarge, 
alter,  build  upon,  move  or  tear  down  any  existing 
structure  or  building  in  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  until  he  shall  have  first 
filed  an  application  in  writing,  in  the  division  of  building  and  in- 
spection for  an  inspection  of  such  structure  or  building.  The  fee 
to  be  paid  for  such  inspection  shall  be  as  is  provided  in  section  17  of 
this  ordinance,  provided,  .however,  that  alterations  in  buildings 
which  do  not  involve  any  change  in  their  structural  parts  or  of  their 
stairways,  elevators,  fire  escapes  or  other  means  of  communication 
or  ingress  or  egress  may  be  made  without  such  inspection. 

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Sec.  19.  Definition  of  terms  used.  In  this  ordinance  the  follow- 
ing terms  shall  have  the  meaning  respectively  assigned 
to  them,  as  follows:  “Alterations"  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a change 
in  or  addition  to  a building.  “Minor  alterations’’  shall  be  taken  to 
mean  slight  alterations  not  affecting  the  structural  parts,  arrange- 
ments, or  occupancy  of  a building  and  costing  less  than  one  hundred 
dollars. 

“Approved’’  shall  be  taken  to  mean  that  the  material,  appliance, 
construction,  or  method  of  construction  to  which  it  refers,  shall 
meet  with  the  approval  of  the  building  commissioner. 

“Attic’’  shall  he  taken  to  mean  any  unfinished  space  immediately 
below  the  roof  of  a building  or  an  upper  room  having  a height  of 
less  than  eight  feet. 

An  “Alley”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  any  public  thoroughfare  in  the 
rear  of  a lot  which  fronts  on  a public  street. 

An  “Apartment’’  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a room  or  suite  of  two  or 
more  rooms  in  a tenement  house  occupied  or  suitable  for  occupation 
as  a residence  for  one  family  doing  its  own  cooking  in  the  apartment 
or  on  the  premises.  One  person  may  be  construed  to  be  a family. 

“Building  Commissioner"  shall  mean  the  head  of  the  division  of 
building  and  inspection. 

“Building”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  any  structure  for  the  support, 
shelter  or  enclosure  of  persons,  animals  or  chattels;  and  when  sep- 
arated by  division  walls,  from  the  ground  up,  and  without  openings, 
then  each  portion  of  such  building  shall  be  deemed  a separate 

building. 

“Skeleton  Building”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a building  of  the 
first  class,  the  walls,  floors  and  other  parts  of  which  are  supported 
and  carried  by  a framework  of  metal  or  of  reinforced  concrete. 

“Basement”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a story,  partly,  but  not  more 
than  one-half  below  the  level  of  the  street  grade  or  ground  nearest 
the  building. 

“Cellar”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a story  more  than  one-half  below 
the  level  of  the  street  grade  or  ground  nearest  the  building.  A 
cellar  shall  not  be  included  in  designating  the  height  or  number  of 
stories  of  buildings  referred  to  in  any  part  of  this  ordinance. 

A “Court”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  an  open,  unoccupied  space  on 
the  same  lot  with  a tenement  house  other  than  a yard. 

(a)  “Enclosed  Coui*t”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a court  surrounded 
on  all  sides  by  walls. 

(b)  “Side  Court“  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a court  having  one  side 
or  end  open  on  the  side  of  the  building. 

(c)  “Outer  Court"  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a court  extending  to  a 
street,  alley,  or  yard. 

(d)  “Through  Court”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a court  extending 
the  full  length  of  the  building  in  a straight  line  and  opening  at  each 
end  into  the  street,  alley  or  yard. 

“Dwelling”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  any  building  wherein  the  en- 
tire house  or  the  second  story  and  all  stories  above  it  are  occupied 
by  a single  family. 

“Poundatioii”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  that  portion  of  a building 
below  ground  and  in  contact  with  the  earth. 

“Fireproof”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  not  only  non-inflammable  but 
fire-resisting  and  non-heat  conducting. 

“Garage”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a building  or  that  portion  of  a 
building  wherein  are  kept  five  or  more  automobiles  or  motor  cars 
charged  with  or  containing  a volatile  inflammable  liquid  for  fuel  or 
power. 


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' “Grade”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  the  established  sidewalk  level  at 
the  building  line  of  any  street,  or  if  the  building  be  not  built  on  the 
building  line  of  a street,  then  the  exposed  surface  of  the  earth 
adjoining  any  wall  shall  be  taken  to  be  the  grade  for  that  wall. 

“Public  Hall”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a hall,  corridor,  or  passage- 
way not  within  an  apartment,  and  used  in  common  by  all  the  oc- 
cupants within  a building. 

“Stair  Hall”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  the  stairs,  stair  landings,  and 
those  portions  of  the  public  halls  through  which  it  is  necessary  to 
pass  in  going  from  the  entrance  floor  to  the  top  story. 

“Lodging  House”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a building  wherein 
persons  are  accommodated  with  sleeping  apartments,  and  includes 
hotels,  club  houses,  boarding  houses  and  apartment  houses,  where 
cooking  is  not  done  in  the  several  apartments  and  where  there  are 
more  than  five  bedrooms  for  hire. 

“Tenement  House”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a building  which,  oi 
any  part  of  which,  is  occupied  by  two  or  more  families  living  inde- 
pendently of  each  other  and  doing  their  own  cooking  within  the 
apartment  or  upon  the  premises. 

“Existing  Tenement  House”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  any  building 
erected  as  such  or  converted  or  altered  to  such  use  or  so  used  before 
the  passage  of  this  act,  and  any  building  intended  or  suitable  for 
such  use  but  not  now  completed,  if  the  same  shall  have  been  filed 
in  the  office  of  the  division  of  building  and  inspection,  and  the  ex- 
cavation of  the  same  shall  have  been  commenced  in  good  faith  before 
the  taking  effect  of  this  ordinance. 

“Height  of  Building”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  the  vertical  distance 
between  the  highest  part  of  the  roof  and  the  highest  point  of  the 
established  city  grade  of  the  sidewalk  at  the  building  line. 

“Open  Lot”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a lot  bounded  on  all  sides  by 
intersecting  street  lines. 

“Through  Lot”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a lot  running  through  to 
and  fronting  on  two  street  lines  or  on  one  street  line  and  on  one 
alley  line,  and  the  remaining  sides  bounded  by  lot  lines. 

“Inteidor  Lot”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a lot  fronting  on  but  one 
street  line  or  on  one  alley  line,  and  the  remaining  sides  bounded  by 
lot  lines. 

“Lot  Lines”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  the  established  boundary  line 
between  private  property,  or  between  private  property  and  any 
public  highway. 

A “Pass^eway”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a covered  passage  ex- 
tending from  the  street  or  alley  to  a court  or  yard,  or  from  one  court 
to  another  court  or  to  a yard. 

By  “Pictui’e  Machine”  is  meant  any  machine  or  device,  operated 
by  or  with  the  aid  of  electricity,  adapted  and  used  to  project  upon 
a screen  or  other  surface  pictorial  representations  of  any  character 
which  the  public  are  admitted  to  view  upon  payment  of  admission 
fee  or  otherwise. 

“Repairs”  shall  mean  the  renewal  or  restoration  to  its  original 
condition  of  any  part  of  a building  which  may  have  become  wholly 
or  partially  unsound  or  dilapidated  or  unfit  for  the  purpose  for 
which  it  was  created  and  which  renewal  may  be  necessary  to  main- 
tain the  integrity  of  the  building;  but  the  terms  shall  not  be  con- 
strued to  permit  the  converting  of  a building,  in  whole  or  in  part, 
into  a new  one,  or  in  the  creation  of  new  conditions,  except  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

“Minor  Repairs”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  repairs  not  affecting  the 
structural  parts  of  the  building  and  costing  less  than  one  hundred 
dollars. 


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“Story”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  that  portion  of  a building  in- 
cluded between  the  surface  of  any  floor  and  the  surface  of  the  next 
floor  above  it,  or  if  there  he  no  floor  above  it,  then  the  space  between 
such  floor  and  the  ceiling  next  above  it. 

“Shaft”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a shaft  used  solely  for  ventilating 
or  lighting  a watercloset  compartment,  bathroom  or  pantry  in  a 
two-story  building  only. 

“Slow  Combustion  Constmctioii”  or  “Mill  Construction”  shall  be 
taken  to  mean  buildings  of  the  second  class  as  herein  deflned. 

“Theatre”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a building  or  portion  of  a build- 
ing wherein  it  is  made  a business  to  carry  on  the  presentation  of 
dramatic,  operatic,  or  other  performances,  or  shows,  for  the  enter- 
tainment of  spectators,  and  having  a permanent  stage  for  such 
performances,  whereon  are  employed  scenery  and  other  movable 
appliances. 

“Party  Wall”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a masonry  wall  used  or  built 
to  be  used  for  the  common  separation  or  support  of  adjoining  build- 
ings of  separate  owners. 

“Division  Wall”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  a masonry  wall  entirely 
dividing  or  separating  one  building  from  another. 

“Partition  Wall”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  any  interior  wall  of 
masonry. 

“External  WaU”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  every  outer  vertical 
enclosure  of  a building  other  than  a party  wall. 

“Curtain  Wall”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  an  enclosing  wall  built  and  • 
supported  between  columns  or  piers,  and  on  girders  or  other  support 
and  sustaining  no  weight  but  its  own. 

A “Yard”  shall  be  take  to  mean  an  open,  unoccupied  space  on 
the  same  lot  with  a tenement  house  for  the  full  width  of  the  lot. 

Sec.  20.  Fire  limits.  The  Are  limits  shall  consi.st  of  a district 
bounded  by  a line  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  beyond  the 
following  described  boundary:  Beginning  at  a point  on  the  Mis- 

sissippi River  where  the  north  line  of  Adelaide  Avenue  extended 
eastwardly  meets  said  river,  thence  westwardly  along  said  extended 
north  line  and  said  north  line  of  Adelaide  Avenue,  to  North  Broad- 
way, thence  northwardly  along  the  east  lin*e  of  North  Broadway  to 
Morin  Avenue,  thence  westwardly  along  the  north  line  of  Morin 
Avenue  to  Florissant  Avenue,  thence  northwardly  along  the  east 
line  ot  Florissant  Avenue  to  Marcus  Avenue,  thence  southwardly 
along  the  west  line  of  Marcus  Avenue  to  Natural  Bridge  Road, 
thence  westwardly  along  the  north  line  of  Natural  Bridge  Road  to 
Union  Avenue,  thence  southwardly  along  the  west  line  of  Union 
Avenue  to  Easton  Avenue,  thence  westwardly  along  the  north  line 
of  Easton  Avenue  to  the  city  limits,  thence  southwardly  with  the 
city  limits  at  a point  where  the  north  line  of  Forest  Park  extended 
westwardly  intersects  the  city  limits,  thence  eastwardly  along  said 
north  line  of  Forest  Park  extended  westwardly  and  said  north  line 
of  said  park  to  the  west  line  of  Kingshighway,  thence  south  along 
the  west  line  of  Kingshighway,  to  Arsenal  Street,  thence  east- 
wardly along  the  south  line  of  Arsenal  Street  to  Morganford  Road, 
thence  south  along  the  west  line  of  Morganford  Road  to  Mera- 
mec  Street,  thence  east  along  the  south  line  of  Meramec  Street  to 
Grand  Avenue,  thence  south  along  the  west  line  of  Grand  Avenue 
and  its  extension  to  Loughborough  Avenue,  then  east  along  the 
north  line  of  Loughborough  Avenue  to  Eighth  Street,  thence  south 
along  the  east  line  of  Eighth  Street  to  Marceau  Street,  thence  east 
along  the  north  line  of  Marceau  Street  to  the  Mississippi  River, 
except  that  said  fire  limits  shall  not  extend  beyond  those  portions 
of  Loughborough  Avenue  ( Eighth  Street  and  Marceau  Street,  here, 
named  as  bounding  said  district 


Sec.  21.  First-class  buildings.  A building  of  the  first-class  shall 
be  taken  to  mean  a building  in  which  all  walls,  fioors. 
roofs,  and  all  parts  that  carry  loads  or  resist  stresses  are  constructed 
entirely  of  non-combustible  and  fire  resisting  material,  and  in  which 
all  metallic  structural  members  are  fireproofed  and  protected,  as 
hereinafter  provided,  against  the  effects  of  fire,  corrosion,  and 
abrasion  by  coverings  of  masonry,  concrete,  terra  cotta,  or  other 
materials  having  at  least  equivalent  fire  resisting  properties. 

Buildings  of  the  fo’st  class  shall  conform  to  all  structural  require- 
ments and  details  of  construction  as  provided  throughout  this  ordi- 
nance as  applying  to  buildings  of  the  first  class. 

All  construction  throughout  shall  be  entirely  of  non-combustible 
and  fire  resisting  materials  except  that  the  following  may  be  of 
wood; 

The  wearing  surfaces  of  floor,  and  the  necessary  sleepers  for 
their  attachment. 

Window  frames  and  sashes,  except  where  required  by  this 
ordinance  to  be  of  metal  and  wire  glass. 

Door  frames  and  doors,  except  elevator  doors  and  fire  doors 
as  hereinafter  provided. 

Trim  around  doors  and  windows. 

Base  and  picture  moulds. 

Hand  rails  and  treads  of  stairs. 

Wainscoting,  except  where  prohibited  by  this  ordinance. 
Rough  frames  and  nailing  blocks  in  non-bearing  partitions 
of  fireproof  materials. 

There  shall  be  no  wood  work  of  any  kind  built  into  masonry 
walls. 

There  shall  be  no  air  spaces  between  the  top  of  any  floor  con- 
struction and  the  floor  boarding,  or  between  any  stair  construction 
and  any  wooden  stair  tread,  or  behind  any  wood  work,  but  all  such 
spaces  shall  be  solidly  filled  with  concrete,  plaster,  or  other  ma- 
terials having  at  least  equivalent  fire  resisting  properties. 

All  exterior  columns  and  all  girders  or  other  framing  supporting 
more  than  one  story  of  masonry  shall  be  protected  at  every  point 
by  fireproof  material  at  least  eight  (8)  inches  thick  on  their  outer 
surfaces  and  at  least  three  (3)  inches  thick  on  their  inner  surfaces. 

All  interior  columns  shall  be  protected  at  every  point  by  fireproof 
material  at  least  three  (3)  inches  thick. 

Floor  and  roof  beams  and  other  framing  not  supporting  more 
than  one  story  of  masonry,  shall  be  protected  at  every  point  by 
fireproof  material  at  least  two  (2)  inches  thick. 

All  structural  members  which  may  be  subjected  to  unusual  re- 
sponsibility shall  be  especially  protected  and  fireproofed  in  such 
manner  as  to  effectually  protect  them  and  their  loads  from  risk  of 
accidents  by  fire  or  otherwise. 

Sec.  22.  Limit  of  lieigiit  of  iirst-class.  buildings.  Xo  building  or 
other  structure  hereafter  erected,  except  it  be  a hotel 
or  office  building  or  a spire,  tower  or  smoke  stack,  shall  be  of  a 
height  exceeding  one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet,  and  if  such 
building  front  on  a street  sixty  (60)  feet  or  less  in  width,  then  such 
building  shall  not  exceed  two  and  one-half  times  the  width  of  such 
street;  and  no  hotel  hereafter  erected  shall  be  of  a height  exceeding 
two  hundred  and  six  (206)  feet,  and  no  office  building  hereafter 
erected  shall  be  of  a height  exceeding  two  hundred  and  fifty  (250) 
feet,  measured  from  the  sidewalk  to  the  top  of  the  roof  covering. 

The  term  “office  building”  as  used  herein  shall  be  construed  to 
include  buildings  in  which  the  lower  stories  to  a height  not  to  exceed 
two  and  one-half  times  the  width  of  the  narrowest  street  upon  which 
the  building  may  front,  may  be  used  for  mercantile  purposes. 

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Sec.  23.  First-class  buildings  exceeding  two  hundred  and  six 
(206)  feet  in  height.  First-class  buildings  exceeding 
two  hundred  and  six  (206)  feet  in  height  shall,  in  addition  to  con- 
forming to  all  of  the  requirements  for  buildings  of  the  first  class, 
conform  to  each  of  the  following: 

The  ground  area  of  such  buildings  shall  constitute  at  least 
one-half  iV2)  of  the  land  in  the  city  block  where  it  is  erected. 
The  building  shall  front  on  not  less  than  three  (3)  city 
streets. 

Each  story  and  subdivision  thereof  shall  be  equipped  with  a 
complete  system  of  automatic  sprinkling  devices. 

There  shall  be  no  tight  wooden  partitions  more  than  eight 
(8)  feet  high,  and  no  wooden  lockers  constructed  within  such 
buildings. 

All  exterior  openings  facing  the  streets,  alleys,  or  courts, 
except  the  basement  and  first  story  openings  on  public  streets, 
shall  be  fitted  with  metal  frames  and  sashes,  and  shall  be 
glazed  with  wire  glass. 

The  building  shall  be  equipped  with  one  four  (4)  inch 
standard  stand  pipe  for  every  fifteen  thousand  (15,000) 
square  feet  of  ground  area,  or  fractional  part  thereof. 

Each  stand  pipe  shall  be  equipped  with  standard  fire  hose 
in  each  story  at  each  valved  opening. 

The  building  shall  be  equipped  with  one  three  ( 3 ) gallon 
chemical  fire  extinguisher  for  every  two  thousand  (2,000) 
square  feet  of  corridor  floor  area,  or  fractional  part  thereof, 
in  the  portion  of  the  building  designed  for  offices,  and  one 
three  (3)  gallon  chemical  fire  extinguisher  for  every  four 
thousand  (4,000)  square  feet  of  mercantile  floor  area,  or 
fractional  part  thereof. 

All  elevator  shafts  and  stairways  leading  to  the  portion  of 
the  building  designed  for  offices  shall  be  without  openings  to 
the  floor  spaces  designed  for  mercantile  purposes. 

All  elevator  shafts  throughout  any  portion  of  the  building 
designed  for  mercantile  purposes,  and  all  elevator  shafts  and 
stairways  leading  to  the  portion  designed  for  offices,  shall  be 
enclosed  with  partitions  constructed  of  masonry,  concrete, 
terra  cotta,  or  other  materials  having  at  least  equivalent  fire 
resisting  properties. 

All  stairways  throughout  the  portion  of  the  building  designed 
for  mercantile  purposes  except  in  the  first  or  main  story,  and 
All  elevator  shafts  throughout  the  portion  designed  for  of- 
fices, shall  be  enclosed  with  metal  and  wire  glass,  or  other 
fire  resisting  partitions,  constructed  according  to  standards 
which  shall  meet  with  the  approval  of  the  building  commis- 
sioner. 

Each  opening  for  each  stairway  into  the  street  or  mam  story 
in  the  portion  designed  for  mercantile  purposes,  and  for  each 
open  stairway  throughout  the  portion  designed  for  offices, 
shall  be  provided  with  a curtain  constructed  of  concrete,  or 
tile,  or  of  metal  and  wire  glass,  extending  downward  at  least 
twenty-four  (24)  inches  from  the  ceilings  of  such  stories. 

Sec.  24.  What  buildings  .shall  be  fii'st-c!a.ss.  All  buildings  here- 
after erected  within  the  district  bounded  by  Broadway, 
Chestnut  street.  Twelfth  street  and  Washington  avenue,  and  in- 
cluding the  property  fronting  on  either  side  of  these  four  streets 
back  to  the  present  rear  lot  lines,  shall  be  buildings  of  the  first  class. 

Every  building  exceeding  two  stories  in  height  above  the  base- 
ment hereafter  erected  to  be  used  as  a school  house,  hospital,  asylum 
or  sanitarium,  and  every  building  exceeding  four  stories  in  height 

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above  the  basement,  hereafter  erected  to  be  used  as  a hotel,  lodging 
house,  tenement  house,  apartment  house  or  office  building,  and  every 
building  hereafter  erected  to  be  used  as  a theater  having  a seating 
capacity  exceeding  one  hundred  persons  and  having  seats  for  spec- 
tators abive  the  main  floor,  and  every  building  used  as  a picture 
show  exceeding  five  thousand  square  feet  in  floor  area  or  which 
has  a balcony  or  gallery  for  spectators  above  the  main  floor,  and 
every  building  hereafter  erected  exceeding  one  story  in  height  to  be 
used  as  a garage  or  as  an  automobile  repair  shop,  and  every  build- 
ing to  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  dry  cleaning  in  which  gasoline, 
naphtha,  benzine  or  other  inflammable  liquid  or  oil  are  used  as  a 
solvent  or  cleanser,  and  every  building  to  be  used  for  boiling  pitch, 
tar,  rosin,  turpentine,  varnish,  or  other  inflammable  substances 
therein,  and  every  building  hereafter  erected  within  the  fire  limits 
to  be  used  for  the  storage  of  cotton  or  hemp  in  bales  or  in.  bulk  for 
the  purpose  of  boiling  or  to  be  used  for  manufacturing  purposes, 
and  all  buildings  inside  of  the  fire  limits  to  be  used  for  the  storing 
of  hay  or  straw  in  bales  or  bulk  exceeding  five  hundred  bales,  and 
every  building  wherein  is  placed  a high  pressure  steam  boiler  shall 
be  a building  of  the  first-class:  provided,  however,  that  a high  pres- 
sure steam  boiler  may  be  installed  in  a separate  building  of  the  sec- 
ond or  third  class;  in  that  event,  the  distance  from  the  boiler  to 
the  roof  or  any  other  woodwork  shall  not  be  less  than  eight  feet. 

Every  building  coming  within  the  provisions  of  this  section  which 
shall  be  converted  or  enlarged  for  any  of  the  uses  above  mentioned, 
and  every  building  hereafter  erected,  altered  or  enlarged  to  a height 
greater  than  ninety  feet  shall  be  a building  of  the  first-class  and 
shall  comply  in  its  construction  with  all  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  relating  to  buildings  of  the  first-class. 

Sec.  25.  Second-class  buildings.  A building  of  the  second-class 
shall  be  taken  to  mean  a building  in  which  all  exterior 
walls  and  all  bearing  partitions  are  constructed  of  masonry  or  con- 
crete, in  which  all  interior  structural  parts  are  built  wholly  or  in 
part  of  heavy  dressed  timbers,  and  in  which  all  metallic  structural 
members  are  fireproofed  and  protected  in  the  same  manner  as  re- 
quired for  buildings  of  the  first-class. 

Buildings  of  the  second-class  shall  conform  to  all  structural  re- 
quirements and  details  of  construction,  as  provided  throughout  this 
ordinance  as  applying  to  buildings  of  the  second-class. 

All  structural  parts  when  not  constructed  of  heavy  dressed  timbers 
shall  be  constructed  entirely  of  non-combustible  and  fire  resisting 
material. 

The  least  dimension  of  wooden  columns,  beams  or  girders  shall 
be  not  less  than  eight  (8)  inches  in  the  rough  or  seven  and  one-half 
nV2)  inches  dressed.  In  proportioning  wooden  columns  there  shall 
be  added,  as  a precaution  against  the  weakening  of  the  timbers  by 
charring,  one  (1)  inch  all  around  to  the  calculated  size  as  required 
in  section  113. 

All  wooden  columns,  girders,  and  beams,  and  all  wood  planking 
shall  be  dressed,  and  all  exposed  corners  shall  be  chamfered  or 
rounded. 

Wooden  columns  shall  be  bored  the  full  length  on  their  axis  with 
one  and  one-half  ( 1 ) inch  holes,  and  transversely  near  the  top 
and  bottom  with  one-half  (V2)  incli  holes. 

Floors  and  roofs  shall  be  of  dressed  tongued  and  grooved  plank- 
ing of  such  thickness  that  the  extreme  fibre  stresses  shall  not  exceed 
those  given  in  .section  113,  but  in  no  case  less  than  two  and  five- 
eighths  (^%)  inches  taick.  This  planking  shall  constitute  the 
under  floor,  upon  which  shall  be  laid  a top  floor  of  tongued  and 
grooved  material  and  crossing  the  under  floor  at  an  angle  of  not  less 

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than  forty-five  degrees.  Between  the  under  floor  and  the  top  floor 
there  shall  be  laid  a fire  stop  of  approved  fireproof  materials,  which 
shall  not  be  inferior  to  a double  thickness  of  two-ply  asbestos  paper, 
well  turned  around  walls  and  columns. 

All  roofs  shall  be  covered  with  fire  resisting  materials  as  provided 
in  section  152. 

The  walls  at  every  floor  level  shall  have  masonry  or  concrete 
corbels  or  offsets  of  not  less  than  four  (4)  inches  upon  which  the 
floor  planking  shall  rest. 

All  beams  bearing  on  masonry  and  all  columns  and  girders  shall 
rest  upon  iron  or  steel  plates  of  sufficient  size  and  thickness  to 
properly  distribute  the  loads  to  the  supporting  columns  or  masonry 
below,  so  as  not  to  exceed  the  allowable  unit  stresses  for  the  various 
materials  as  given  in  section  113  of  this  ordinance. 

All  windows  opening  above  the  first  story,  except  windows  and 
openings  on  streets  and  vacant  lots  more  than  forty  (40)  feet  in 
width,  shall  be  equipped  with  metal  frames  and  wire  glass — pro- 
vided that  instead  of  metal  frames  and  wire  glass,  such  windows 
and  openings  in  existing  buildings  may  be  equipped  with  fire  shut- 
ters. 

There  shall  be  no  hollow  wooden  partitions  nor  any  hollow  or  con- 
cealed spaces  in  any  wooden  construction,  or  between  any  wooden 
construction  and  any  plaster  or  other  materials. 

Sec.  26.  AVliat  buildings  shall  be  second-class.  Every  building 
exceeding  two  stories  in  height  and  having  an  un- 
divided floor  area  exceeding  seven  thousand,  five  hundred  (7,500) 
square  feet,  and  every  building  exceeding  seventy-five  (75)  feet  and 
not  over  ninety  (90)  feet  in  height  when* not  required  by  this  ordi- 
nance to  be  a building  of  the  first-class  shall  be  a building  of  the 
second-class. 

Sec.  27.  Third-class  buildings.  A building  of  the  third-class 
shall  be  taken  to  mean  a building  in  which  all  exterior 
walls  are  constructed  of  masonry  or  concrete  and  in  which  the  in- 
terior structural  parts  are  constructed  wholly  or  in  part  of  wood, 
if  not  constructed  'as  required  for  buildings  of  the  second-class;  or 
in  which  the  interior  structural  parts  are  constructed  wholly  'or  in 
part  of  iron  or  steel  which  is  not  fireproofed  or  protected  as  required 
for  buildings  of  the  first-class. 

Buildings  of  the  third-class  shall  conform  to  all  structural  re- 
quirements and  details  of  construction,  as  provided  throughout  this 
ordinance  as  applying  to  buildings  of  the  third-class. 

All  roofs  shall  be  covered  with  fire  resisting  materials  as  provided 
in  section  152. 

Except  where  required  by  this  ordinance  to  be  of  masonry  or 
fire  resisting  materials,  floors  and  roofs  may  be  of  wooden  joist 
construction,  and  partitions  may  be  of  wooden  studs  with  plaster 
on  both  sides  or  other  material  approved  by  the  building  commis- 
sioner. 

The  height  shall  not  exceed  seventy-five  (75)  feet,  and  when  such 
building  is  used  as  an  office  building,  hotel,  tenement  house,  apart- 
ment house,  boarding  or  lodging  house,  the  height  shall  not  exceed 
fifty  (50)  feet  nor  shall  it  exceed  three  (:i)  stories  above  the  base- 
ment, excepting  semi-fireproof  buildings. 

The  undivided  floor  area  when  such  building  is  more  than  two 
(2)  stories  in  height,  shall  not  exceed  seven  thousand,  five  hundred 
(7,500)  square  feet,  and  when  such  building  is  more  than  two  (2) 
stories  in  height,  and  is  used  as  an  office  building,  hotel,  tenement 
house,  apartment  house,  boarding  or  lodging  house,  the  undivided 

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floor  area  above  the  first  story  shall  not  exceed  two  thousand,  five 
hundred  (2,500)  square  feet. 

Any  such  building  with  a larger  area  than  the  above  shall  be 
divided  with  concrete  partition  walls,  or  brick  partition  walls  of 
the  standard  thickness  as  required  in  section  56,  so  located  that  no 
undivided  floor  area  shall  exceed  the  areas  given  above. 

All  such  partition  walls  shall,  where  possible,  start  from  the  foun- 
dation; and  all  partitions  in  the  basement  and  first  story  of  such 
buildings,  if  occupied  for  business  purposes,  shall  be  of  brick  or 
concrete,  and  shall  extend  to  the  top  of  the  fioor  joists  of  the  floor 
above  such  partitions,  effectually  closing  all  spaces  between  the  ceil- 
ing and  floor  with  fireproof  materials. 

If  such  partition  walls  do  not  extend  below  the  second  story  floor 
line,  the  entire  ceiling  of  the  first  story  shall  be  covered  with  metal 
lath  and  plaster. 

All  partitions  between  stores  or  places  of  business  or  tenements 
to  be  occupied  by  separate  tenants,  shall  be  constructed  as  provided 
for  in  section  89. 

All  openings  in  such  partition  walls  shall  have  approved  fire  doors 
or  shutters  or  metal  windows  and  partitions  with  wire  glass. 

Sec.  28.  Semi-fireproof  buildings.  A semi-fireproof  building 
shall  be  taken  to  mean  a building  of  the  tliird-class, 
in  which  the  exterior  walls  are  constructed  of  masonry  or  con- 
crete, and  in  which  the  interior  structural  parts  are  constructed 
wholly  of  fire  resisting  materials,  fireproofed  and  protected  as  here- 
inafter provided. 

The  floors  and  roofs  shall  be  of  steel  joist  channels,  angles,  I beams 
or  other  approved  semi-fireproof  construction. 

Partitions  shall  be  constructed  with  hollow  tile,  gypsum  blocks, 
of  steel  studs,  or  other  fire  resisting  material,  approved  by  the 
building  commissioner.  Partitions  of  hollow  tile  or  gypsum  blocks 
shall  sustain  no  other  than  their  own  weight.  Steel  studs  in  bearing 
partitions  shall  be  of  not  less  than  one-quarter  (i/4)  of  an  inch  thick- 
ness of  metal. 

Supporting  columns  and  girders  shall  be  of  steel,  of  not  less  than 
one-quarter  of  an  inch  thickness  of  metal,  or  of  cast  iron  of  not 
less  than  three-quarters  (%)  of  an  inch  thickness  of  metal. 

Columns  and  girders  shall  be  fireproofed  and  protected  with 
cement  plaster,  at  least  one  (1)  inch  thick,  on  expanded  metal  or 
wire  lath. 

Floors  and  roofs  shall  be  fireproofed  and  protected  on  top  and 
bottom,  and  partitions  shall  be  fireproofed  and  protected  on  both 
sides  with  cement  plaster,  at  least  three-quarters  (%)  of  an  inch 
thick,  on  expanded  metal  or  wire  lath,  or  with  other  fire  resisting 
material  approved  by  the  building  commissioner. 

All  roofs  should  be  covered  with  fire  resisting  materials  as  pro- 
vided in  section  152. 

All  stairs  shall  be  constructed  with  the  structural  parts  of  non- 
combustible and  fire-resisting  materials,  and  the  soffits  shall  be  cov- 
ered with  metal  or  wire  lath  and  cement  plaster  or  other  approved 
fireproof  materials. 

All  construction  throughout  shall  be  entirely  of  non-combustible 
and  fire-resisting  materials,  except  that  the  following  may  be  of 
wood: 

The  wearing  surface  of  floors,  and  the  necessary  sleepers  for 

their  attachment. 

Window  frames  and  sashes; 

Door  frames  and  doors,  except  elevator  doors  and  fire  doors 
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as  hereinafter  provided: 

Trim  around  doors  and  windows; 

Base  and  picture  moulds; 

Hand  rails,  risers  and  treads  of  stairs; 

Wainscoting,  except  where  prohibited  by  this  ordinance; 
Rough  frames  and  nailing  blocks  in  non-bearing  partitions 
of  fireproof  materials. 

The  height  shall  not  exceed  seventy-five  (75)  feet,  and  when  such 
building  is  used  as  an  office  building,  hotel,  tenement  house,  apart- 
ment house,  boarding  or  lodging  house,  the  height  shall  not  exceed 
sixty-five  (65)  feet,  nor  shall  it  exceed  four  (4)  stories  above  the 
basement. 

When  a building  of  semi-fireproof  construction  is  more  than  two 
(2)  stories  in  height  and  is  to  be  used  as  an  office  building,  hotel, 
tenement  house,  apartment  house,  boarding  or  lodging  house,  the 
undivided  floor  area  shall  not  exceed  seven  thousand,  five  hundred 
(7,500)  square  feet,  and  when  intended  to  be  used  for  other  pur- 
poses than  office  buildings,  hotels,  tenement  houses,  apartment 
houses,  boarding  or  lodging  houses,  may  have  an  undivided  floor 
area  not  exceeding  ten  thousand  (10,000)  square  feet. 

Any  such  building  with  a larger  area  than  the  above,  shall  be 
divided  with  concrete  partition  walls,  or  with  brick  partition  walls 
of  the  standard  thickness,  as  required  in  sections  55  or  56  (depend- 
ing upon  the  intended  use  of  the  building),  so  located  that  no  un- 
divided floor  area  shall  exceed  the  areas  given  above. 

All  semi-fireproof  buildings  hereafter  altered  or  converted  to  be 
used  for  purposes  aforesaid,  shall  comply  with  all  the  requirements 
of  this  section. 

Sec.  29.  Fourth-class  buildings.  A building  of  the  fourth-class 
shall  be  taken  to  mean  a building  in  which  the  exterior 
walls  and  the  interior  structural  parts  are  constructed  either  wholly 
or  in  part  of  wood,  or  wholly  or  in  part  of  iron  or  steel,  which  is 
not  fireproofed  or  protected  as  required  for  buildings  of  the  first 
class  or  for  seml-fireproof  buildings  of  the  third  class. 

Buildings  of  the  fourth  class  shall  conform  to  all  structural 
requirements  and  details  of  construction  as  provided  throughout 
this  ordinance,  as  apply  to  buildings  of  the  fouidh  class. 

Sec.  30.  Fourth-class  buildings  witliin  the  fire  limits.  ..No  fourth- 
class  building  shall  hereafter  be  built  within  the  dis- 
trict known  as  the  fire  limits,  as  defined  in  this  ordinance,  except 
such  buildings  as  are  provided  for  in  sections  31,  33,  34  and  35  of 
this  ordinance. 

Buildings  of  the  fourth  class  within  the  fire  limits,  except  open 
shelters  and  lumber  sheds,  and  except  iron-clad  buildings  and  steel 
buildings  of  the  fourth  class,  shall  confonn  to  each  of  the  following 
requirements: 

All  roofs  shall  be  covered  with  fire-resisting  materials  as  provided 
in  section  1.52. 

Such  buildings  shall  not  be  built  or  placed  nearer  than  three  (3) 
feet  to  the  line  of  any  property  of  another  owner,  nor  nearer  than 
ten  (10)  feet  to  the  line  of  any  street,  nor  on  the  front  half  of  any 
lot,  nor  nearer  than  six  (6)  feet  to  any  other  building,  unless  sep- 
arated therefrom  by  a brick  wall  of  standard  thickness,  as  required 
in  section  56  or  68,  depending  upon  the  height  and  length  of  such 
wall. 

The  ground  area  of  such  building  shall  not  exceed  four  hundred 
(400)  square  feet. 

The  height  of  such  building  shall  not  exceed  twelve  (12)  feet. 

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Such  building  shall  not  be  lathed  or  plastered  or  lined  so  as  to 
constitute  a habitation,  or  be  used  for  a dwelling. 

Sec.  31.  Fourth-class  buildings  outside  the  fire  limits.  Buildings 
of  the  fourth  class  outside  of  the  fire  limits,  except 
open  shelter  and  lumber  sheds,  and  except  iron-clad  buildings  and 
steel  buildings  of  the  fourth  class,  shall  conform  to  each  of  the 
following  requireemnts: 

The  size  of  such  building  shall  not  exceed  400,000  cubic  feet. 

The  height  of  such  building  shall  not  exceed  forty  (40)  feet. 

Such  buildings  shall  not  be  built  or  placed  nearer  to  the  line  of  the 
property  of  another  owner  than  three  (3)  feet,  unless  separated  from 
the  property  of  such  other  owner  by  a brick  wall  of  standard  thick- 
ness, as  required  in  sections  56  or  68  (depending  upon  the  height 
and  length  of  the  wall),  and  this  distance  shall  not  be  less  than 
one  foot  for  every  ten  thousand  (10,000)  cubic  feet  or  size  or 
fractional  part  thereof,  of  such  building.  Such  building  shall  not  be 
built  or  placed  in  any  block  nearer  than  seventy-five  (75)  feet  to 
the  line  of  any  street  where  there  are  fronting  upon  either  or  both 
sides  of  such  street  along  said  block,  six  (6)  or  more  buildings  of 
the  first,  second  or  third  class. 

When  such  buildings  are  to  be  used  as  dwellings,  tenements  or 
stores,  and  are  erected  in  continuous  rows,  they  shall  be  separated 
from  each  other  by  brick  walls  of  standard  thickness,  as  required  in 
section  56,  supporting  such  building  and  extendeding  through  the 
roofs,  as  provided  in  Sec.  74. 

Sec.  32.  Lumber  sheds  and  open  shelters  of  wood  construction. 

It  shall  be  permissible  to  erect  lumber  sheds  in  lumber 
yards  to  protect  lumber  carried  in  stock,  and  to  erect  open  shelter 
within  the  fire  limits,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance. 

The  ground  area  shall  not  exceed  ten  thousand  (10,000)  square 
feet. 

Lumber  sheds  and  open  shelters  shall  not  exceed  twenty  (20)  feet 
in  height,  and  shall  be  open  on  all  sides  for  at  least  one-third  of 
their  height,  unless  enclosed  with  brick  walls  of  standard  thickness, 
as  required  in  Sections  56  or  68  (depending  upon  the  height  and 
.length  of  the  wall). 

Such  lumber  shed  and  open  shelter  shall  not  be  built  nearer  than 
three  (3)  feet  to  the  property  of  another  owner,  nor  nearer  than 
three  (3)  feet  to  another  building,  unless  separated  from  the  prop- 
erty of  such  other  owner  or  building  by  brick  walls  of  standard 
thickness  as  required  in  sections  56  or  68,  depending  upon  the 
height  and  length  of  the  wall,  and  this  distance  shall  not  be  less 
than  one  foot  for  every  four  hundred  (400)  square  feet  of  area,  or 
fractional  part  the-reof  of  such  shelter  or  shed. 

All  roofs  shall  be  covered  with  fire-resisting  materials,  as  provided 
in  Section  152. 

Sec.  33.  Iron  clad  buildings.  An  “Iron  Clad  Building”  is  a build- 
ing of  the  fourth  class,  in  which  the  structural  frame- 
work is  of  metal,  or  of  wood,  or  of  both  metal  and  wood  and 
with  the  roofs  and  enclosed  sides  covered  with  corrugated  sheet 
metal. 

fn  places  where  no  permanent  foundation  for  a substantial  build- 
ing exists,  and  an  Iron  Clad  Building  would  not  proAc  hazardous 
to  surrounding  property,  a permit  may  be  granted  for  the  erection 
of  such  a building,  within  the  Fire  Limits,  in  accordance  with  the. 
provisions  of  this  section. 


The  ground  area  of  such  building  shall  not  exceed  7,500  square 
feet. 

Such  building  shall  not  exceed  twenty-five  (2  5)  feet  in  height, 
nor  shall  it  exceed  one  story  in  height. 

When  such  building  exceeds  three  hundred  (300)  square  feet  in 
ground  area,  each  piece  of  wood  used  in  the  framework  of  such 
building  shall  be  encased  on  all  sides  with  sheet  metal  of  a thick- 
ness of  not  less  than  number  twenty-four  (24)  gauge. 

When  such  building  exceeds  one  thousand  (1,000)  square  feet  in 
ground  area,  there  shall  be  no  wooden  flooring,  unless  laid  on  sleep- 
ers imbedded  in  the  earth  or  in  concrete,  so  that  there  shall  be  no 
open  space  beneath  such  floor. 

The  roofs  and  enclosed  sides  shall  be  covered  with  corrugated 
sheet  metal  of  a thickness  not  less  than  number  twenty-four  (24) 
gauge,  attached  directly  to  the  framework  without  the  use  or 
wooden  sheathing  of  any  kind. 

Such  building  shall  not  be  built  or  placed  nearer  than  five  (5) 
feet  to  the  property  of  another  owner,  nor  nearer  than  ten  (10)  feet 
to  another  building,  unless  separated  therefrom  by  a brick  wall  of 
standard  thickness,  as  required  in  section.s  56  or  68  (depending 
upon  the  height  and  length  of  the  wall),  and  these  spaces  shall  not 
be  less  than  one  foot  for  every  eight  thousand  (8,000)  cubic  feet,  or 
fractional  part  thereof,  of  size  of  such  building,  between  it  and  the 
property  of  another  owner,  nor  nearer  than  one  foot  for  every  four 
thousand  (4,000)  cubic  feet,  or  fractional  part  thereof,  of  size  of 
such  building,  between  it  and  any  other  building  unless  separated 
therefrom  by  a brick  wall  of  standard  thickness  as  aforesaid. 

Sec.  34.  Steel  buildings  of  the  fourth  class.  Buildings  having 
skeleton  framework  and  composed  of  steel  angles,  or 
channels,  and  walls,  roof  and  doors  constructed  wholly  of  steel,  with 
windows  constructed  of  wire  glass  with  metal  frames  and  sash,  may 
hereafter  be  erected  within  the  fire  limits  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis. 
Buildings  of  this  character  shall  be  placed  on  piers  or  foundations 
of  concrete,  stone  or  brick,  and  may  be  erected  on  the  lot  line, 
but  no  such  building  shall  exceed  five  hundred  square  feet  in  ground 
area,  nor  twelve  (12)  feet  in  height  nor  shall  such  building  be 
erected  on  the  front  half  of  any  lot. 

Sec.  35.  Grain  elevators.  Nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  be 
construed  to  prevent  the  erection  of  grain  elevators  as 
usually  constructed,  provided  they  are  erected  on  or  adjacent  to 
the  river  front  or  railroad  tracks,  in  isolated  localities,  and  under 
such  conditions  as  the  building  commissioner  may  prescribe,  includ- 
ing location. 


Sec.  36.  Buildings  failing  to  conform  to  requirements.  Build- 
ings hereafter  erected,  enlarged  or  altered,  which  fail 
to  conform  to  any  one  or  more  of  the  requirements  for  buildings  of 
the  first  cla.ss,  but  do  conform  to  all  of  the  requirements  for  build- 
ings of  the  .second  class,  shall,  for  the  purpose  of  this  ordinance,  be 
classified  as  buildings  of  the  second  class. 

Buildings  hereafter  erected,  enlarged  or  altered,  which  fail  to 
conform  to  any  one  or  more  of  the  requirements  for  buildings  of  the 
first-class  and  to  any  one  or  more  of  the  requirements  for  buildings 
of  the  second  class,  but  do  conform  to  all  of  the  requirements  for 
buildings  of  the  third  class,  shall  for  the  purpose  of  this  ordinance 
be  classified  as  buildings  of  the  third  class. 

All  buildings  or  other  structures  which  cannot  be  classified  as 
first,  second,  or  third  class,  shall,  for  the  purposes  of  this  ordi- 
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ings. The  undivided  floor  areas  in  buildings  of  the  first 
class  and  in  buildings  of  the  second  class  shall  not  exceed  the  fol- 
lowing, except  as  noted  below,  under  certain  conditions,  the  areas 
may  be  unrestricted. 

In  buildings  of  the  first  class,  three  (3)  or  more  stories  in  height 
— twelve  thousand  (12,000)  square  feet. 

In  buildings  of  the  second  class,  three  (3)  or  more  stories  in  height 
— seven  thousand,  flve  hundred  (7,500)  square  feet. 

Buildings  with  larger  floor  areas  than  the  areas  given  above,  shall 
be  divided  with  concrete  partition  walls  or  brick  partition  walls  of 
the  standard  thickness,  as  required  in  section  55,  so  located  that  no 
undivided  floor  area  shall  exceed  the  areas  given  above. 

All  openings  in  such  partition  walls  shall  be  equipped  on  each 
side  with  automatically  closing  Are  doors  of  approved  construction. 

Such  partition  walls  shall  be  carried  above  the  roof  and  capped, 
as  provided  in  Section  74. 

Sec.  38.  Unrestricted  floor  areas — first  and  second  class  build- 
ings. (A)  The  undivided  floor  areas  in  buildings  of  the 
first  class  and  in  buildings  of  the  second  class  shall  not  be  restricted 
if  the  building  is  equipped  with  an  approved  complete  system  of 
automatic  sprinkling  devices  throughout  every  story;  if  all  stair- 
ways and  elevator  shafts  or  other  openings  from  story  to  story  are 
enclosed  with  walls  of  brick  or  concrete,  and  if  all  openings  in  such 
walls  of  the  building  are  equipped  with  automatically  closing  fire 
doors  of  approved  construction. 

(B.)  The  undivided  floor  areas  in  buildings  of  the  first  class  and 
in  buildings  of  the  second  class  shall  not  be  restricted  if  the  building 
is  equipped  v/ith  an  improved  complete  system  of  automatic  sprink- 
ling devices  throughout  every  story  and  stairways  and  elevator 
or  other  openings  from  story  to  story  may  be  left  open  if,  in  addition 
to  such  open  stairway  or  elevator  or  open  shaft  and  situated  not 
nearer  than  twenty  (20)  feet  from  such  open  stairway  or  eievaior 
or  open  shaft,  there  be  such  a number  of  fireproof  stairways  enclosed 
in  walls  of  brick  or  concrete,  as  shall  not  be  less  than  one  such 
fireproof  stairway  for  every  fifteen  thousand  (15,000)  square  feet 
of  floor  area  or  fractional  part  thereof  for  buildings  of  the  first  class, 
or  not  less  than  one  such  fireproof  stairway  for  every  ten  thousand 
(10,000)  square  feet  of  floor  area  or  fractional  part  thereof  for 
buildings  of  the  second  class. 

Such  fireproof  stairways  shall  be  so  placed  that  all  parts  of  the 
floor  area  of  each  story  above  the  first  shall  be  within  one  hundred 
(100)  feet  of  a stairway,  and  such  stairway  shall  be  so  constructed 
that  they  may  be  entered  only  from  the  open  air  from  every  story; 
they  shall  not  be  less  than  three  feet  and  eight  inches  (3’  8”)  wide, 
witnout  winding  steps,  with  handrails  on  both  sides,  with  treads  of 
not  less  than  ten  (10)  inches,  and  risers  of  not  more  than  eight  (8) 
inches.  All  doorways  leading  to  such  stairways,  in  all  stories  above 
the  ground  story,  shall  open  toward  the  stairs  and  shall  be  plainly 
indicated  by  means  of  conspicuous  signs  constructed  of  letters  not 
less  than  four  (4)  inches  in  height.  All  doors  leading  from  such  . 
stairways  in  the  ground  story  shall  open  outwardly  into  a street, 
alley,  yard  or  outer  court. 

Sec.  39.  Quality  of  materials.  All  materials  shall  be  of  such 
quality  for  the  purpose  for  which  they  are  to  be  used  as 
to  insure,  in  the  judgment  of  the  building  commissioner,  ample  safety 
and  security  to  life,  limb  and  neighboring  property.  Building  mate- 
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and  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  building  commissioner, 

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who  may  require  tests  to  be  made  by  the  architect,  engineer,  builder, 
or  owner  to  determine  the  strength  of  the  structural  materials  before 
or  after  they  are  incorporated  in  a building,  and  may  require  certi- 
fied copies  of  the  results  of  tests  made  elsewhere,  from  the  architect, 
engineer,  builder,  owner,  or  other  interested  parties. 

Sec.  40.  Excavations  and  foundations.  All  excavations  shall  be 
so  protected  by  the  person  making  or  causing  the  same 
to  be  made  that  the  adjoining  soil  shall  not  cave  in  by  reason  of  its 
own  weight. 

Sec.  41.  Duty  of  excavators  and  adjoining  owners.  Every  person 
who  proposes  to  excavate  so  near  the  foundation  of  any 
building,  wall  or  other  structure  situated  on  an  adjoining  lot  of 
land,  belonging  to  another  owner,  as  may  be  liable  to  render  the 
condition  of  such  building,  wall  or  other  structure  unsafe,  shall 
notify  the  owner  or  owners  thereof,  in  writing,  at  least  three  days 
before  commencing  such  excavation  that  he  proposes  to  make  the 
same,  and  giving  the  size  and  approximate  depth,  a copy  of  which 
notice  shall  be  filed  in  the  division  of  building  and  inspection,  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  or  owners  thereof  at  his  or  their 
own  expense,  to  protect  and  keep  such  building,  wall  or  other 
structure  in  a safe  condition,  and  the  owner  or  owners  of  the 
adjoining  building,  wall  or  other  structure  shall  be  permitted  by  the 
person  making  such  excavation  to  enter  upon  the  premises  where 
such  excavation  is  being  made  whenever  necessary,  to  fully  per- 
form his  or  their  duty  as  required  by  this  section. 

Sec.  42.  Access  to  i)reinises  of  adjoining  owner.  It  is  hereby  made 
the  duty  of  every  owner  of  a lot  or  parcel  of  land,  upon 
the  presentation  of  the  hereinafter  mentioned  notice,  to  permit  the 
owner  of  an  adoining  lot  of  land,  or  his  duly  authorized  agent,  to 
enter  upon  such  lot  of  land  for  the  purpose  of  repairing  or  removing 
any  wall,  building  or  other  structure  or  any  part  thereof,  when  the 
same  shall  be  in  an  unsafe  condition  and  when  such  an  adjoining 
owner  shall  have  been  notified  in  writing  by  the  building  commis- 
sioner, commanding  him  to  remove,  repair  or  secure  such  wall,  build- 
ing or  other  structure  or  any  part  thereof.  And  it  is  further  made 
the  duty  of  the  persons  so  entering  upon  the  land  of  another  to  pro- 
tect the  land,  premises,  and  the  buildings  thereon,  from  damage  by 
reason  of  such  entry.  , 

Sec.  43.  Piling.  Where  pile  foundations  are  used,  the  number 
of  piles  shall  be  sufficient  to  support  the  superimposed 
load  and  the  spacing  shall  be  such  as  to  distribute  the  load  uniformly 
on  each  pile.  The  resultant  stresses  shall  not  exceed  the  allowable 
unit  stresses  as  given  in  section  44. 

Plans  for  pile  foundations  shall  be  submitted  to  the  building 
commissioner  for  approval  and  shall  specify  the  least  diameter  of 
the  heads  and  points  of  the  piles. 

The  diameter  of  the  points  of  the  piles  shall  not  be  less  than  seven 
(7)  inches.  Piles  shall  not  be  driven  closer  than  two  feet  six  inches 
center  to  center.  There  shall  not  be  less  than  two  rows  of  piles  under 
all  exterior  party  walls  or  other  walls  less  than  seventy  feet  high 
and  not  less  than  three  rows  under  all  walls  over  seventy  feet 
high,  excepting  that  under  walls  not  exceeding  fifty  feet  high,  a 
single  staggered  row  of  piles  may  be  used  if  all  other  conditions  of 
stability  are  complied  with. 

The  heads  of  the  piles  shall  be  protected  against  splitting  while 
being  driven.  The  heads  shall  be  capped  with  concrete.  Concrete 
piles  shall  be  driven  or  finished  to  the  required  elevations  or  else 

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cut  off  to  such  elevations.  Timber  piles  shall  be  cut  off  to  a uniform 
elevation  at  least  one  foot  below  the  lowest  ground  water  level. 

Sec.  44.  lioad  on  piles.  Timber  piles.  Concrete  piles.  The  safe 
load  on  timber  piles  shall  be  determined  by,  and  shall 
not  exceed  that  given  by  the  following  formula,  and  in  no  case  shall 
it  exceed  fifty  thousand  pounds  per  pile: 

2wh 

P=  for  steam  hammer,  or 

S 4-  1-10 
2wh 

P= for  drop  hammer 

S + 1 

P=  safe  load  in  pounds. 

S=  penetration  in  inches  under  the  last  blow,  or  the  aver- 
age penetration  under  the  last  five  (5)  blows. 

H=  fall  of  hammer  in  feet. 

W=  weight  of  hammer  in  pounds. 

A wood  follower  shall  not  be  used  in  determining  the 
safe  load. 

The  safe  load  on  concrete  piles  shall  be  determined  by  test  piles 
driven  and  loaded  under  the  general  direction  of  the  building  com- 
missioner, but  in  no  case  shall  the  allowable  compression  exceed 
four  hundred  (400)  pounds  per  square  inch  at  a section  six  (6) 
feet  from  the  surface  of  the  ground  in  immediate  contact  with  the 
pile.  Tests  shall  be  made  on  at  least  two  piles  in  different  locations 
and  as  directed  by  the  building  commissioner.  Not  less  than  three 
piles  shall  be  driven  for  each  test.  The  pile  to  be  loaded  shall  be 
driven  first,  the  second  pile  shall  be  driven  within  six  hours  of  the 
driving  of  the  first,  the  third  pile  shall  be  driven  within  twenty  to 
twenty-four  hours  after  the  first.  The  two  latter  shall  be  driven 
with  centers  not  to  exceed  twice  the  greatest  diameter  of  pile,  from 
the  center  of  the  test  pile. 

The  tests  shall  not  be  started  until  at  least  ten  days  after  the  piles 
to  be  loaded  are  driven,  except  that  piles  that  have  been  cast  and  set 
up  before  driving  may  be  tested  as  soon  as  practicable  after  driving. 
The  piles  shall  be  loaded  with  twice  the  proposed  carrying  load  of 
the  pile.  The  settlement  shall  be  measured  daily  until  the  pile 
shows  no  settlement  for  twenty-four  hours. 

One-half  of  the  test  load  shall  be  allowed  for  the  carrying  load, 
if  the  test  shows  no  settlement  for  twenty-four  hours  and  the  total 
settlement  has  not  exceeded  one-hundredth  of  an  inch  multiplied 
by  the  test  load  in  tons. 

Sec.  45.  Pneumatic  caisson  foundations.  When  it  becomes  nec- 
essary to  carry  the  superimposed  loads  of  a building  to 
solid  rock  through  strata  containing  quicksand,  or  other  treacherous 
conditions  of  soil,  the  building  commissioner  may  require  the  use 
of  pneumatic  caisson  work,  but,  before  such  work  is  started,  the 
division  of  building  and  inspection  shall  be  furnished  with  a full 
report  as  to  soil  conditions  and  the  manner  or  procedure  of  sinking 
the  caissons  and  other  details  of  such  work. 

Sec.  46,  Drain  tiles  for  ground  dampness.  In  all  cases  where  the 
nature  of  the  soil  is  damp  or  contains  water,  suitable  pro- 
visions shall  be  made  to  carry  off  all  such  dampness  or  moisture, 
by  means  of  drain  tiles,  laid  outside  of  the  walls,  or  inside  of  the 
walls,  or  both  outside  and  inside,  such  drain  tiles  to  be  connected 
with  a catch  basin  or  other  suitable  device,  and  thence  discharged 
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Sec.  47.  Footings.  All  footings  shall  be  of  concrete,  or  stepped- 
up  brick  work,  or  stone,  of  sufficient  thickness  and  area 
to  safely  bear  the  weight  to  be  imposed  thereon.  If  footings  be  of 
concrete,  the  concrete  shall  not  be  less  than  eigtit  inches  thick  under 
walls,  and  not  less  than  twelve  inches  thick  under  piers,  columns 
and  posts  when  the  footing  projections  is  not  more  than  six  inches 
for  walls,  nor  more  than  ten  inches  for  piers,  columns  or  posts. 
Where  the  footings  are  to  have  greater  projections  than  those  above 
given,  the  ratio  of  projection  to  thickness,  shall  be  as  three  is  to  four, 
provided,  however,  that  when  wide  openings  are  to  be  left  in  a wall, 
footings  thereunder  may  be  omitted  if  the  adjoining  footings  are 
sufficiently  increased  in  thickness  and  width  to  safely  carry  the  addi- 
tional loads  thereby  imposed.  If  steel  or  iron  rails  or  beams  are  used 
as  parts  of  foundation,  they  shall  be  completely  imbedded  in  concrete 
sufficiently  rammed  to  fill  all  cavities.  The  beams  or  rails  must  be 
completely  enveloped  in  concrete. 

Sec.  48.  Foundation  walls.  Every  building  of  the  first,  second 
and  third  class,  and  every  building  of  the  fourth  class  of 
more  than  one  story  in  height,  shall  have  foundations  of  stone,  brick 
or  concrete,  which  shall  extend  not  less  than  two  feet  six  inches 
below  the  adjoining  exposed  surface  of  the  earth,  and  shall  have 
suitable  footings  and  rest  on  solid  ground,  or  on  benched  and  leveled 
rock,  or  upon  piles.  Foundation  walls  of  stone  shall  not  be  less  than 
six  inches  thicker  than  the  walls  next  above  them,  to  a depth  of  ten 
feet  below  grade,  and  for  every  additional  five  feet  in  depth,  or  part 
thereof,  they  shall  be  increased  six  inches  in  thickness.  No  stone 
foundations  supporting  a three-story  building  shall  be  less  than 
twenty-one  inches  ii\,  thickness.  All  stone  walls  twenty-four  inches 
or  less  in  thickness  shall  have  at  least  one  header,  extending  through 
the  wall  in  every  three  feet  in  height  from  the  bottom  of  the  wall 
and  in  every  four  feet  in  length,  and  if  over  twenty-four  inches  in 
thickness  shall  have  one  header  for  every  six  super^cial  feet  on  both 
sides  of  the  wall,  and  running  into  the  wall  at  least  two  feet.  All 
headers  shall  be  at  least  eighteen  inches  in  width  and  consist  of  good 
flat  stone.  No  stone  shall  be  laid  in  such  walls  in  any  other  posi- 
tion than  on  its  natural  bed.  Foundation  walls  of  brick  or  concrete 
shall  not  be  less  than  four  inches  thicker  than  the  walls  next  above 
them,  to  a depth  of  eight  feet  below  grade,  and  for  every  additional 
five  feet  in  depth,  or  part  thereof,  they  shall  be  increased  four  inches 
in  thickness. 

Sec.  49.  Retaining  walls.  Retaining  walls  shall  be  constructed  of 
stone,  brick  or  concrete.  If  constructed  of  stone  or  brick, 
they  shall  not  be  less  than  thirty  inches  thick  at  the  bottom  for  a 
height  of  twelve  feet  and  for  every  additional  five  feet  or  fractional 
part  thereof  in  height  at  least  six  inches  shall  be  added  to  the  thick- 
ness of  the  wall  at  the  bottom.  Such  wall  may  be  battered  to 
eighteen  inches  at  the  top.  All  retaining  walls  shall  be  laid  up  in 
first-class  Portland  cement  mortar  made  as  provided  in  Section  52  of 
this  ordinance  and  shall  be  well  grouted  in  against  the  earth  bank 
or  pointed  on  the  outside  at  least  four  feet  down  from  the  top  of  the 
wall.  If  constructed  of  re-inforced  concrete,  the  wall  shall  be  in 
conformity  with  Sections  91  to  100,  inclusive,  of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  50.  Materials  for  walls.  The  walls  of  every  building  other 
than  buildings  of  the  fourth  class  shall  be  constructed  of 
stone,  concrete,  brick,  iron  or  other  hard,  incombustible  materials. 
Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  51.  Concrete  for  walls  and  foundations.  In  all  buildings  of 
the  first,  second  and  third  class,  hereafter  erected,  where 
concrete  is  used  for  walls  or  foundations,  the  concrete  shall  be  com- 

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posed  of  Portland  cement,  clean,  sharp  river  sand,  and  limestone, 
or  other  equally  good  stone  macadam,  or  gravel.  The  stone  shall 
be  crushed  or  broken  into  small  pieces,  the  largest  of  which  shall 
pass  freely  through  a ring  two  inches  in  diameter.  The  proportions 
of  cement,  sand  and  macadam  shall  be  as  follows:  One  part  cement 

to  not  more  than  three  parts  of  sand,  and  not  more  than  five  parts 
of  macadam,  or  gravel,  mixed  in  such  a manner  that  the  materials 
shall  be  uniformly  distributed  throughout  the  mass.  All  concrete 
shall  be  used  at  once,  and  before  it  has  become  set  or  hard.  R.  C.  360. 

Sec.  52.  Quality  of  Mortars.  In  all  buildings  of  the  first  and  sec- 
ond class  hereafter  erected,  the  mortar  used  in  the  foun- 
datiojis  and  walls  below  the  level  of  the  first  fioor,  shall  not  be 
inferior  to  a mortar  composed  of  one  part  Portland  cement  and 
three  parts  of  clean  sand,  thoroughly  mixed  dry  so  as  to  be  of  one 
uniform  color,  and  shall  have  the  proper  amount  of  water  added 
to  make  a smooth  working  mortar  and  shall  be  used  while  fresh. 
From  the  first  fioor  level  to  the  top  of  the  building,  for  all  buildings 
of  the  first  and  second  class,  the  mortar  used  shall  not  be  inferior 
to  a mortar  composed  of  one  part  natural  cement  to  three  parts 
of  sand,  mixed  and  used  as  described  above,  or  a mortar  composed 
of  equal  parts  of  Portland  cement  mortar,  as  first  above  described, 
and  lime  mortar,  thoroughly  mixed  and  used  while  fresh.  In  build- 
ings of  the  third  class  hereafter  erected  more  than  three  stories  in 
height  above  the  basement  the  mortar  shall  not  be  inferior  to  that 
herein  required  for  buildings  of  the  first  and  second  class.  In 
buildings  of  the  third  class  hereafter  erected,  three  stories  or  less 
in  height  above  the  basement,  and  in  foundations  for  buildings  of 
the  fourth  class,  the  mortar  used  shall  not  be  inferior  to  a mortar 
made  from  fresh  burned  lime,  well  slaked  and  mixed  with  clean, 
sharp,  sand.  All  mortars  shall  be  made  with  such  materials  and 
such  proportions  of  sand  as  will  secure  thorough  adhesion  to  the 
materials  with  which  they  are  to  be  used ; and  it  shall  be  unlawful 
to  use  mortars  not  so  made,  or  to  use  mortars  inferior  to  those  herein 
described.  R.  C.  361. 

S€»c.  53.  Quality  of  brick  work  and  bond.  The  bricks  used  in  all 
buildings  of  the  first  and  second  class  shall  not  be  infe- 
rior to  the  grade  known  as  “strictly  hard  and  red”  bricks.  The 
bricks  used  in  all  buildings  of  the  third  class,  exceeding  three  stories 
in  height,  shall  not  be  inferior  to  “ordinary  hard  and  red”  bricks. 
The  bricks  used  in  all  other  buildings  shall  not  be  inferior  to  “mer- 
chantable bricks.  The  bricks  used  in  the  foundations  of  all  buildings 
shall  not  be  inferior  to  “strictly  hard  and  red”  bricks.  All  walls  of  brick 
shall  be  thoroughly  bonded  and  tied  and  solidly  built;  all  exposed 
joints  shall  be  struck.  Every  sixth  course  at  least,  of  a brick  wall  shall 
be  a heading  or  bonding  course,  except  where  walls  are  faced  with  face 
brick,  in  which  case  every  fifth  course  shall  be  bonded  with  bond 
brick,  Flemish  headers,  or  with  a metal  bond  satisfactory  to  the 
building  commissioner.  R.  C.  362. 

• 

Sec.  54.  Wetting  bricks.  Bricks,  when  laid  in  warm  weather, 
shall  be  wetted,  when  laid  in  cold  weather  shall  be  thor- 
oughly dry  and  protected  from  the  elements.  R.  C.  363. 

Sec.  55.  Thickness  of  brick  walls.  The  minimum  allowable  thick- 
ness for  brick  external  and  division  bearing  walls  for 
buildings  of  the  first,  second  and  third  classes,  except  for  dwellings, 
lodging  houses  and  tenement  houses,  shall  be,  for  the  top  two  stories, 
thirteen  (13)  inches;  for  the  next  two  stories  below,  eighteen  (18) 
inches;  and  for  each  succeeding  two  stories  of  increased  height,  the 
walls  shall  be  four  inches  thicker  than  the  two  stories  next  above 


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PHONE  ' RESIDENCE  PHONE 

CENTRAL  1858  • VICTOR  3347-J 

DREES  BUILDING  & CONTRACTING  CO. 

207  Houser  Building 

Harry  G.  Drees  Saint  Louis 

PROTHEROE  CONSTRUCTION  COMPANY 

622  Merchants-Laclede  Bldg.  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Industrial  Plants,  Reinforced  Concrete,  Granitoid 

OLIVE  2515 


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CONTRACTOR  AND  BUILDER 

2820  ST.  LOUIS  AVENUE  SAINT  LOUIS 

James  Black  Masonry  and  Contracting  Company 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS  AND  ENGINEERS 

OENERAL  OFFICES: 

508  WRIGHT  BUILDING 
ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

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Sol.  Abrahams  & Son  Construction  Co. 

CONTRACTORS  AND  BUILDERS 

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them.  Party  walls  and  division  walls  of  any  length  in  buildings  for 
mercantile  and  manufacturing  purposes  shall  be  four  (4)  inches 
thicker  in  all  stories  than  the  thickness  above  given.  Walls  exceed- 
ing one  hundred  and  ten  feet  in  length,  for  buildings  more  than  one 
story  in  height,  unless  the  floors  are  constructed  of  reinforced  con- 
crete, as  provided  in  Sec.  57,  shall  be  made  four  (4)  inches  thicker 
than  the  minimum  thickness  first  given  above,  unless  there  be  inter- 
secting walls  of  equal  height,  or  solid  buttresses  extending  to  the  top 
of  the  wall,  and  having  a projection  beyond  such  wall  of  not  less  than 
nine  (9)  inches,  with  a sectional  area  of  not  less  than  three  hundred 
square  inches  for  each  lineal  foot  of  such  wall.  R.  C.  3G4. 

Sec.  5f>.  Brick  walls  for  dwellings — lodging — ^Jipai-tment  and  ten- 
ement houses.  The  minimum  thickness  of  brick  external 
and  division  bearing  walls,  for  dwellings,  lodging  houses,  apartment 
and  tenement  houses,  shall  be,  for  the  top  three  stories,  thirteen  (lo) 
inches;  for  the  next  two  stories  below,  eighteen  (18)  inches;  and 
for  each  succeeding  two  stories  of  increased  height,  the  walls  shall 
be  four  (4)  inches  thicker  than  the  two  stories  next  above  them. 
Walls  exceeding  eighty  feet  in  length  for  such  buildings  shall  be 
made  of  the  thickness  given  in  section  55.  R.  C.  3 82. 

Sec.  57.  Thickness  in  walls  of  buildings  of  concrete  construction. 

In  buildings  of  concrete  construction,  where  the  floor 
slabs  and  columns  are  of  rigid  and  continuous  reinforced  concrete 
construction  and  the  slabs  are  built  in  and  form  an  integral  part  of 
the  wall,  and  where  the  building  does  not  depend  upon  the  lateral 
strength  of  its  outer  or  division  walls  for  horizontal  stability,  walls 
of  minimum  thickness  as  provided  for  in  .section  55,  may  he  em- 
ployed without  the  additional  thickness  required  in  said  section  for 
walls  exceeding  one  hundred  and  ten  feet  in  length;  provided,  how- 
ever, that  no  such  wall  shall  be  loaded  beyond  the  unit  stresses  for 
brick  work  as  given  in  .section  113  of  this  ordinance.  R.  C.  3G5. 

Sec.  58.  Walls  of  buildings  supjM)rting  tioisses.  The  walls  ot 
churches,  theaters,  foundries,  machine  shops,  armories, 
markets,  assembly  rooms,  halls  and  buildings  of  like  character,  shall 
not  be  less  in  thickness  than  the  thickness  prescribed  in  section  .55, 
with  such  piers  or  buttresses  in  addition  thereto,  as  may  be  necessary 
to  make  such  building  safe  and  substantial  within  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance.  R.  C.  36G. 

Sec.  .59.  Increased  thickness  of  bearing  walls  with  o[)enings. 

If  any  horizontal  section  through  any  part  of  any  bear- 
ing wall,  in  any  building  other  than  a skeleton  building,  shows 
more  than  fifty  (50)  per  centum  area  of  flues  or  openings,  such 
wall  shall  be  increased  four  (4)  inches  in  thickness  for  every  ten 
(10)  per  centum  or  fractional  part  thereof  of  flue  or  opening  area 
in  excess  of  fifty  (50)  per  centum,  or  instead  of  such  increase  in 
thickness  the  same  amount  of  materials  may  be  used  in  piers  or 
buttresses  having  the  same  sectional  area  as  would  be  required  for 
such  additional  thickness.  Ord.  295G0. 

Sec.  90.  Bece.sses  and  clui.ses.  Recesses  for  stairways  and  ele- 
vators may  be  left  in  the  foundation  or  cellar  walls  of 
any  building,  but  in  no  case  shall  the  walls  be  of  a less  thickness 
than  the  walls  of  the  third  story,  unless  reinforced  by  additional 
piers  or  iron  columns  and  girders  securely  anchored  to  the  walls 
on  each  side.  Xo  chase  for  water  or  other  pipes  shall  be  made  in 
any  pier,  and  in  no  wall  more  than  one-half  of  its  thickness.  Xo 
horizontal  chase  or  slot  shall  be  permissible  in  any  wall,  except  the 
wall  be  reinforced  in  such  a manner  as  to  compensate  for  any 
reduction  of  its  strength  by  reason  of  such  chase  or  slot.  Recesses 

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for  alcoves  and  similar  purposes  shall  not  be  deeper  than  one-half 
the  thickness  of  the  wall,  and  in  no  case  shall  there  he  less  than 
nine  (9)  inches  of  brick  work  at  the  back  of  such  recesses,  pro- 
vided, however,  that  such  recesses  shall  not  be  more  than  eight  (8) 
feet  wide,  and  shall  be  arched  over  and  not  carried  up  higher  than 
a point  eighteen  inches  below  the  bottom  of  the  beams  of  the  floor 
next  above.  The  aggregate  area  of  recesses  in  any  wall  shall  not 
exceed  one-fourth  of  the  whole  area  of  the  face  of  the  wall  on  any 
story,  nor  shall  any  such  recess  be  made  within  a distance  of  six  (G) 
feet  from  any  other  recess  in  the  same  v/all.  R.  C.  :1G8. 

Sec.  61.  AValls  with  air  spaces  and  liollow  brick.  Brick  walls 
with  an  air  space  may  be  erected  under  this  ordinance, 
but  the  amount  of  material  in  said  wall  shall  be  the  same  as  required 
for  a standard  wall  of  the  same  height  built  solid,  and  no  such  walls 
shall  be  built  unless  the  parts  of  the  same  ai-e  connected  by  proper 
ties  of  brick  or  iron  placed  not  over  twenty-four  (24)  inches  apart, 
horizontally  and  vertically,  throughout  the  entire  surface  of  the  wall. 
The  inside  four  (4)  inches  of  standard  walls  may  be  built  of  hard 
burned  hollow  clay  shale  or  porous  terra  cotta  bricks  of  standard 
dimensions  properly  tied  and  bonded.  R.  C.  3G9. 

Sec.  02.  AValls  with  hollow  bricks.  The  inside  four  (4)  inches 
of  standard  walls  may  be  built  of  hard  burned  hollow 
clay  shale  or  porous  terra  cotta  bricks  of  standard  dimensions,  prop- 
erly tied  and  bonded.  Ord.  295G0. 

Sec.  63.  Restriction  on  use  of  timber  in  walls.  No  wooden  blocks 
or  timber  shall  be  built  into  the  masonry  walls  of  any 
building  of  the  second  or  third  class,  except  flnish  blocks  and  lintels, 
provided,  however,  no  wooden  lintels  shall  exceed  seven  (7)  feet  in 
length.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  build  into  any  wall  any  continuous 
horizontal  timber,  or  to  erect,  construct,  alter  or  build  any  wall  upon 
wooden  girders,  rafters  or  lintels,  or  to  support  any  such  wall  by 
any  wooden  support  whatever;  but  all  such  supports  shall  be  of  iron, 
brick  or  stone,  and  of  sufficient  size  and  strength  to  support  the 
superstructure.  R.  C.  370. 

Sec.  64.  Non-bearing  wall  may  be  of  reduced  thickness.  Non- 
bearing walls  may  be  four  (4)  inches  less  in  thickness 
than  the  minimum  thickness  provided  in  section  55,  provided,  how- 
ever, that  no  walls  shall  be  less  than  thirteen  inches  thick,  except 
as  herein  otherwise  specified.  R.  C.  371. 

Sec.  65.  Thickness  of  curtain  walls  may  be  reduced.  Curtain 
walls  may  be  less  in  thickness  than  the  minimum  thick- 
ness, provided  in  section  55,  for  the  walls  of  buildings  of  the  first, 
second  or  third  class,  but  no  curtain  wall  shall  be  less  than  thirteen 
inches  in  thickness.  Curtain  walls  in  skeleton  construction  buildings 
may  be  of  hollow  clay  tile  of  the  same  thickness  as  herein  required 
for  brick  walls.  R.  C.  37  2. 

Sec.  66.  Brick  or  .stone  piers,  bond  and  cap  plates.  Every  pier 
built  of  brick  or  stone  having  an  area  of  less  than  nine  (9  ) 
square  feet  at  the  base,  and  supporting  any  truss,  beam  or  girder,  arch, 
column  or  lintel  spanning  an  opening  over  ten  feet,  or  supporting  a 
wall,  shall  be  capped  with  an  iron  plate  of  sufficient  strength  and 
size  to  safely  distribute  the  load  on  such  pier.  Brick  piers  shall 
be  built  of  hard  well-burned  brick.  Brick  or  stone  piers  shall  be 
laid  in  cement  mortar,  as  provided  in  .section  52  hereof.  Isolated 
piers  of  concrete,  brick,  or  masonry  shall  not  be  higher  than  six  (G) 
times  their  smallest  dimensions  unless  the  unit  of  stresses  as 
described  in  section  113  are  reduced  according  to  the  following 
formula: 


ELIMER  KIEL,  HENRY  KIEL,  .1.  H.  DAUES, 

Vice-President  President  Sec’y-Treas. 

KIEL  & DAUES 
Bricklaying  and  Contracting  Co. 

2621  CLARK  AVENUE 

Bomont  2967R  CENTRAL  455 


Bell,  Cabany  1809 


Kinloch,  Delmar  1537 


FRED.  SCHMITT  & CO. 

INCORPORTED 

Contractors 

Brick  and  Reinforced  Concrete  Work 

5912  VON  VERSEN  AVENUE  ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 


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Central  1182 


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CHIMNEY  TOPPING  and  PAVING 

1317  North  Twentieth  Street 
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V 


H 


= C X (1.25 -) 

20D 


In  which  formula 

P is  the  reduced  allowed  unit  stress. 

C is  the  unit  stress  in  the  above  table. 

H is  the  height  of  the  pier  in  feet. 

D is  the  least  dimension  of  the  pier  in  feet. 

No  pier  shall  exceed  in  height  twelve  (12)  times  the  least 
dimension.  Weight  of  pier  shall  be  added  to  other  loads  in  comput- 
ing load  coming  on  the  pier. 


Sec.  67.  Heights  or  stories.  The  story  height  of  buildings  shall 
be  the  distance  between  structural  floor  systems,  or 
between  such  structural  floor  systems  and  structural  roof  system; 
and  shall  be,  as  follows;  Where  thirteen-inch  walls  are  used  the 
story  height  shall  not  exceed  eighteen  (18)  feet.  Where  seventeen 
(17)  inch  walls  are  used,  the  story  height  shall  not  exceed  twenty- 
four  (24)  feet.  Where  twenty-one  (21)  inch  walls  are  used,  the 
story  height  shall  not  exceed  thirty  feet.  Where  the  story  height 
is  greater  than  thirty  feet,  the  walis  shall  not  be  of  less  thickness 
than  the  following;  The  upper  fifteen  feet  shall  not  be  less  than 
seventeen  (17)  inches  in  thickness,  and  the  walls  shall  be  increased 
four  inches  in  thickness  at  each  interval  of  fifteen  feet  or  fractional 
part  thereof  of  height. 

Sec.  68.  Nine  (9)  inch  walls.  One-story  buildings  may  be  built 
with  walls  of  nine  (9)  inches  in  thickness  where  such 
walls  do  not  exceel  fifteen  (15)  feet  in  height,  for  fifty  (50)  feet  in 
length;  but  no  wall  supporting  girders  shall  be  less  than  thirteen 
(13)  inches  thick. 

In  dwellings,  hotels,  apartment,  lodging  and  tenement  houses  and 
mercantile  and  manufacturing  buiidings,  when  such  buildings  as 
hereinbefore  mentioned  do  not  exceed  three  stories  in  height,  may 
when  a portion  of  a story  is  omitted,  or  roofed  at  a lower  level 
than  another  part,  and  where  there  are  no  masonry  walls  at  or 
below  the  line  of  such  division,  be  built  of  brick  wails,  nine  (9) 
inches  in  thickness,  provided,  such  walls  do  not  exceed  fifty  (50) 
feet  in  length,  nor  more  than  one-story  in  height,  nor  more  than 
twelve  (12)  feet  in  height  from  floor  line  to  ceiling  line,  provided 
however,  such  walls  may  be  built  to  a length  not  exceeding  one 
hundred  (100)  feet  when  such  walls  have  solid  buttresses  built  into 
same,  extending  full  height  of  wall,  and  having  a projection  beyond 
such  wall  of  not  less  than  four  (4)  inches,  with  a section  area  of 
not  less  than  one  hundred  (100)  square  inches,  for  each  fifteen  (15) 
lineal  feet  of  such  wall;  and  it  shall  be  permissible  to  build  gables 
in  dwellings  and  tenement  houses  of  nine  (9)  inch  walls,  provided 
such  walls  do  not  exceed  one-story  in  height,  nor  twenty  (20)  feet 
in  height  from  top  to  thirteen  (13)  inch  wall  below  and  crown  of 
roof;  and  furthermore,  no  such  construction  shall  have  an  exposed 
surface  exceeding  three  hundred  (300)  square  feet  in  area.  Ord. 
29560. 


Sec.  69.  Stone  ashlar,  terra  cotta  and  metal  flings.  Any  brick 
wall  may  be  faced  with  stone  ashlar,  which  ashlar  shall 
not  be  less  than  four  (4)  inches  in  thickness  and  the  combined 
thickness  of  brick  work  and  ashlar  shall  be  at  least  four  (4)  inches 
greater  than  the  standard  thickness  of  walls,  as  provided  in  section 
55,  of  this  ordinance,  provided  that  if  alternate  courses  of  stone 
ashlar  of  not  more  than  six  (G)  courses  of  brick  in  height  for 
each  course  of  stone  are  bonded  at  least  four  (4)  inches  into  the 
brick  work,  the  combined  thickness  of  brick  work  and  ashlar  may 
be  of  standard  thickness,  the  ashlar  or  stone  facing  being  figured 

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Building  Material 

Offices,  Rooms  902-3-4-5-6  Century  Bldg,,  Saint  Louis,  Mo. 


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as  part  of  the  thickness  of  wall.  All  stone  ashlar  shall  be  sub- 
stantially bonded  or  anchored  to  the  brick  backing  at  least  every 
two  (2)  feet  in  height  and  four  (4)  feet  in  length.  Terra  cotta 
facings  on  brick  walls  or  piers  may  be  used,  without  any  increased 
thickness  of  walls,  provided  all  such  facings  be  backed  up  solid 
with  brick  or  concrete,  the  brick  or  concrete  to  fill  all  the  hollow 
spaces  in  the  terra  cotta  in  such  a manner  that  the  same  shall  be 
thoroughly  incorporated  with  the  wall. 

Where  metal  facings  are  used  on  brick  walls  no  extra  thickness  of 
brick  work  shall  be  required.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  70.  Existing  pai’ty  walls  may  be  used.  Walls  hei  etofore 
built  for  or  used  as  party  walls,  whose  thickness  at  the 
time  of  their  erection  was  in  accordance  with  the  requirements 
of  the  then  existing  ordinance,  but  which  may  not  be  in  accordance 
with  the  requirements  of  this  ordinance,  may  be  used  if  in  good 
condition,  for  the  ordinary  uses  of  party  walls,  provided  the  height 
of  the  same  be  not  increased.  R.  C.  377. 

Sec.  71.  Height  may  be  increased.  In  case  it  is  desired  to 
increase  the  height  of  existing  walls,  which  walls  are 
less  in  thickness  than  the  standard  required  under  this  ordinance, 
section  55,  the  same  shall  be  done  by  a lining  by  brick  work  to 
form  a combined  thickness  with  the  old  wall  of  not  less  than  four 
inches  more  than  the  thickness  required  for  a standard  wall  cor- 
responding with  the  total  height  of  the  wall  when  so  increased  in 
height.  The  said  lining  shall  be  supported  on  proper  foundations. 
However,  no  lining  shall  be  less  than  nine  (9)  inches  in  thickness, 
and  all  linings  shall  be  laid  up  in  cement  mortar  and  thoroughly 
anchored  to  the  old  brick  walls  with  suitable  wrought  iron  anchors 
placed  two  (2)  feet  apart  and  properly  imbedded  into  the  old 
walls  in  rows  alternating  vertically  and  horizontally  with  each 
other.  The  old  walls  must  first  be  cleaned  of  plaster  or  other 
coatings.  In  place  of  a brick  lining  as  above,  a skeleton  steel  or 
iron  frame  may  be  erected  against  said  old  wall  and  be  properly 
anchored  to  same.  The  strength  of  said  steel  or  iron  frame  and  its 
foundations  shall  be  the  same  as  called  for  in  buildings  of  skeleton 
steel  construction  for  walls  of  similar  height,  and  such  steel  or 
iron  frame  shall  be  fire-proofed  as  provided  in  this  ordinance. 
Where  the  brick  walls  of  dwellings  erected  before  the  passage  of 
this  ordinance  was  found,  upon  inspection  by  the  building  com- 
missioner, to  be  sound  and  in  good  condition,  and  to  be  capable 
of  sustaining  safely  an  additional  story,  he  may,  at  his  discretion, 
issue  a permit  for  the  erection  of  such  additional  story  of  brick 
work,  even  though  the  walls  of  the  existing  building  be  of  less 
thickness  than  that  required  by  this  ordinance.  R.  C.  37  8. 

Sec.  72.  Walls  not  to  be  carried  up  in  advance  of  others.  No 
wall  or  walls  of  any  building,  other  than  a skeleton 

building,  shall  be  carried  up  in  advance  of  any  other  wall  of  said 

building,  except  in  the  following  manner:  in  all  cases  where  one 

or  more  walls  are  carried  up  in  advance  of  other  walls  of  the  same 

building,  suitable  provisions  shall  be  made  to  properly  bond  to- 

gether and  anchor  such  walls  every  four  (4)  feet  in  their  height 
by  wrought  iron  tie  anchors,  not  less  than  one  and  one-half  (11^) 
inches  by  three-eighths  (%)  of  an  inch  in  size,  and  four  (4)  feet 
long.  All  piers  shall  be  anchored  to  beams  or  girders  on  the  level 
of  each  tier.  R.  C.  3 79. 

Sec.  7li.  Walls  and  beams  to  be  braced.  The  walls  and  beams 
of  every  building,  during  the  erection  or  alteration 
thereof,  shall  be  strongly  braced  from  the  beams  of  every  story,  and 
vhen  necessary  shall  also  be  braced  from  the  outside,  until  the 

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building  is  inclosed.  The  roof  tier  of  beams  shall  be  safely 
anchored  to  the  beams  of  the  story  below  until  the  building  is 
inclosed.  R.  C.  3 80. 

Sec.  74.  Parapet  fire  walls  and  copings.  In  mercantile  or  man- 
ufacturing buildings,  all  division  or  party  walls  shall 
be  carried  thirty  (30)  inches  above  the  roof  covering  as  a fire  wall 
and  shall  be  not  less  than  thirteen  (13)  inches  thick  above  roofs 
and  shall  be  coped  and  covered  with  stone,  well-burnt  terra  cotta 
or  cast  iron;  division  and  party  walls  for  all  other  buildings  except- 
ing residences,  shall  be  carried  up  to  a height  of  not  less  than 
eighteen  (18)  inches  above  the  roof  covering  at  any  point,  and  for 
residence  not  less  than  twelve  (12)  inches  at  any  point,  and  shall 
be  coped  as  required  above.  R.  C.  381. 

Sec.  75.  Hollow  tile  Ava.Us.  Clause  One.  In  buildings  of  the 
First,  Second  and  Tliird  Class  hereafter  built  and  used  as  dwelling 
houses,  stables  and  garages  and  pent  houses  or  bulkheads,  may  be 
constructed  in  any  part  of  the  city,  of  hollow  tile,  provided  such 
tile  meet  the  requirements  hereinafter  provided  and  are  constructed 
and  erected  in  the  manner  described  in  this  section. 

Clause  Two.  All  hollow  tile  used  in  the  construction  of  walls 
or  partitions  shall  be  hollow  shale  or  terra  cotta,  well  manufactured 
and  free  from  checks  and  cracks,  each  piece  or  block  to  be  molded 
square  and  true  and  to  be  hard  burned  so  as  to  have  a good  clear 
ring  when  struck,  and  not  to  absorb  more  tjian  twelve  (12)  per 
cent  of  its  own  weight  in  moisture.  Each  of  said  blocks  shall 
develop  an  ultimate  crushing  strength  of  not  less  than  three  thou- 
sand (3,000)  pounds  per  square  inch  of  available  section  of  web 
area,  and  shall  not  be  loaded  when  in  the  wall  more  than  eighty  (80) 
pounds  per  square  inch  of  effective  bearing  area.  Tiles  shall  have 
outer  shells  or  walls  not  less  than  three-quarters  (%)  of  an  inch 
thick  and  shall  be  additionally  reinforced  by  continuous  interior 
walls  or  webs  which  shall  not  be  less  than  one-half  (1^)  inch  thick, 
and  so  arranged  that  no  void  shall  exceed  four  (4)  inches  in  cross 
section  at  any  point.  It  is  further  provided  that  the  building  com- 
missioner may  require  a test  to  be  made  of  such  blocks  before 
allowing  the  same  to  be  placed  in  the  wall,  if,  in  his  judgment,  there 
be  any  doubt  as  to  whether  such  blocks,  proposed  to  be  used,  meet 
the  requirements  above  specified. 

Clause  Three.  No  foundation  wall  of  any  building  or  any  party 
wall  shall  be  constructed  of  hollow  blocks  or  terra  cotta  tiles,  and  no 
hollow  tile  or  terra  cotta  wall  or  partition  shall  be  supported  in 
part  or  entirely  by  any  wooden  or  other  combustible  beam,  girder 
or  post. 

Clause  Four.  Hollow  tile  exterior  and  bearing  walls  shall  have 
a minimum  thickness  of  twelve  (12)  inches  and  shall  not  exceed 
one  (1)  story  in  height.  No  story  height  shall  exceed  twelve  (12) 
feet  clear,  measuring  from  the  fioor  to  ceiling.  It  may  be  permissi- 
ble to  build  exterior  curtain  walls  in  skeleton  construction  buildings 
in  all  stories,  provided,  however,  that  no  such  curtain  walls  shall 
exceed  twenty  (20)  feet  in  height.  All  hollow  tile  exterior  walls 
shall  be  plastered  on  the  outside  three-fourths  (%)  of  an  inch  thick 
with  Portland  cement  mortar. 

Clause  Five.  Hollow  tile  may  be  used  for  interior  walls  in  all 
the  above  classes  of  buildings  for  non-bearing  or  curtain  walls  and 
partitions;  however,  such  walls  or  partitions  shall  be  at  least  three 
inches  thick  if  ten  (10)  feet  in  height,  and  four  (4)  inches  thick  if 
ten  (10)  to  fifteen  (15)  feet  in  height,  and  at  least  six  (6)  inches 
when  fifteen  (15)  to  twenty  (20)  feet  in  height.  All  such  walls 
shall  be  carried  on  foundations  in  accordance  with  section  48  of  this 
ordinance,  and  of  sufficient  strength  for  the  weight  imposed;  how- 

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ST.  LOUIS  CLAV  PRODUCTS  CO. 

Hollow  Building  Tile,  Fire  Proofing 
Heavy  Duty  Interlocking  Tile,  Sewer 
Pipe  and  Other  Clay  Products,  ^ ^ 

OFFICE: 

3rd.  NATIONAL  BANK  BLDG. 

Olive  1004  Central  1264 

. Blackmer  and  Post  Pipe  Co. 

Manufacturers  of 

FIRE  CLAY  FLUE  LININGS  AND  CHIMNEY  PIPE 
VITRIFIED  WALL  COPING  AND  CHIMNEY  COPING 
SANITARY  SEWER  PIPE  AND  DRAIN  TILE 

Office — ^1026  Boatmen^s  Bank  Bldg. 
Factory — Reber  Place  and  Hereford 

PHONES— 

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HOLLOW  BUILDING  TILE,  VITRI- 
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FIRE  BRICK  AND  FIRE  CLAY 

Manchester  and  Sulphur  Avenues 

GRAND  2800  VICTOR  1835 

The  Winkle  Terra  Cotta 
Company 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

Architectural  Terra  Cotta  in  all  Colors 
Office,  502-503  Century. Building:.  St.  Louis 


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ever,  when  the  length  of  such  wall  exceeds  fifty  (50)  feet,  they 
shall  each  be  sufficiently  -strengthened  by  cross  walls,  piers,  but- 
. tresses  or  metal  framework  properly  protected  as  may  be  necessary 
in  the  judgment  of  the  building  commissioner. 

Clause  Six.  All  openings  over  three  ( 3 ) feet  in  width  in  hollow 
tile  walls  shall  have  lintels  composed  of  steel,  reinforced  concrete 
or  reinforced  tile  of  sufficient  strength  to  carry  the  load  imposed. 

Clause  Seven.  When  the  floor  or  roof  load  is  applied  to  said 
bearing  or  exterior  walls  in  concentration  of  two  tons  or  more  at 
one  place,  solid  pier  of  brick,  reinforced  concrete  or  concrete  filled 
tile  shall  be  used  under  each  concentration.  Each  of  said  piers  to  be 
not  less  than  twice  the  thickness  of  the  walls  of  which  it  is  a part, 
and  no  pier  shall  be  loaded  in  excess  of  eighty  (80)  pounds  per 
square  inch  of  its  area. 

Whenever  floor  slabs  or  joists  rest  on  a hollow  terra  cotta  wall, 
the  course  upon  which  the  joists  or  slabs  rest  shall  be  so  constructed 
that  no  joist,  timber  or  other  material  whatsoever  shall  bear  or 
transmit  a load  to  the  wall  without  having  a first  quality  of  hard 
brick  or  terra  cotta  or  concrete  bearing  plate  under  the  same  at  the 
point  where  the  load  is  transmitted.  And  further  provided  that  in 
no  case  shall  the  area  of  the  block  to  which  the  load  is  transmitted 
be  less  than  double  the  area  of  the  beam  or  timber  or  other  material 
transmitting  the  load.. 

Clause  Eight.  All  walls,  hereinbefore  referred  to  in  the  preceding 
section  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  constructed  in  the  following 
manner:  The  blocks  shall  be  set  only  in  Portland  cement  mortar 

composed  of  not  less  than  one  part  Portland  cement  to  three  parts 
clean,  sharp  river  sand.  This  mortar  may  be  tempered  with  one 
part  lime  paste  to  eight  (8)  parts  of  a mortar.  Tile  blocks  shall 
be  thoroughly  bonded,  one  to  another,  both  vertically  and  longi- 
tudinally, and  all  joints  filled  with  mortar,  and  when  tiles  are  set 
in  the  wall,  the  vertical  web  of  one  shall  occur  as  nearly  as  practica- 
ble directly  over  the  vertical  web  of  the  adjacent  tile  below.  The 
blocks  may  be  built  with  voids  horizontal  and  with  mortar  joints 
between  all  blocks,  or  they  may  be  built  with  voids  vertical,  pro- 
vided all  horizontal  bearings  or  joints  are  reinforced  with  metal 
fabric  of  from  one-eighth  (Vs)  to  one-half  {^2)  inch  mesh,  capable 
of  holding  the  mortar.  This  fabric  shall  be  one-half  (i/^)  inch 
less  in  width  than  the  width  of  the  wall  of  the  course  upon  which 
it  is  applied  and  shall  be  double  lapped  at  all  corners.  Such  web 
shall  be  spread  on  each  horizontal  course  of  tile  before  the  mortar 
is  put  on,  and  shall  be  completely  covered  with  and  imbedded  in 
Portland  cement  mortar  as  the  course  of  blocks  upon  it  is  being 
laid.  No  cutting  of  blocks  will  be  allowed  to  admit  pipes  in  bearing 
walls  when  pipes  extend  more  than  one-third  (1-3)  of  the  story  in 
height. 

The  metal  fabric  hereinbefore  specified  may  be  omitted  in  non- 
bearing or  curtain  walls,  or  .when  the  tile  is  laid  in  bearing  walls 
with  the  voids  horizontal.  In  all  parts  of  the  city,  within  the  fire 
limits,  no  interior  joists  or  woodwork  shall  be  within  four  (4) 
inches  of  the  outside  of  the  exterior  of  the  wall.  Ord.  295G0. 

Sec.  70.  Wall  to  be  plastered  back  of  wainscoting.  When  wood 
wainscoting  is  used  in  any  building  of  three  (3)  or  more 
stories  in  height,  hereafter  erected  or  altered,  to  be  used  as  an  office 
building,  or  hotel,  tenement,  apartment  or  lodging  house,  the  sur- 
face of  the  wall  or  partition  behind  such  wainscoting  shall  be  plas- 
tered down  to  the  floor  line,  unless  said  wainscoting  is  placed  against 
a brick,  stone  or  tile  wall  or  partition.  R.  C.  389. 

Sec.  77.  Metal  or  plasterc<l  covcre<l  ceilings  and  partitions.  Third 
and  Fourth  Class  Iluildings.  The  ceiling  over  every  cel- 
lar or  basement  of  buildings  of  the  Third  or  Fourtli  Class  exceeding 

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Manufacturers  of  ornaments  of  every  description  for  Interior  and  Exterior 
Decoration,  in  Plaster  Staff,  Composition,  Caen  and  Cement  Stone,  Columns, 
Capitals,  Brackets,  Cornices,  Friezes,  Mouldings  and  Plastic  Ceilings,  Composition 
Electric  Fixtures,  Standards,  Direct  and  Indirect  Lighting,  Fan  and  Wall 
Brackets,  Fountains,  Vases,  Flower  Boxes,  Sun  Dials  and  Benches,  Cement 
Garden  and  Conservatory  Furniture.  CATALOGUE  ON  APPLICATION. 

EASTMAN  PLASTIC  RELIEF  COMPANY 

23rd  AND  DICKSON  STREETS  ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 


ANYTHING  IN  PLASTER 

P.  ROWAN,  CONTRACTOR 

Plain  and  Decorative  Plaster 

CHEMICAL  BLDG.  ST.LOUIS 


Central  1463  Main  2080 

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Wright  Building  SAINT  LOUIS 


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two  stories  in  height,  hereafter  erected  or  altered,  shall  be  covered 
with  sheet  steel,  or  shall  be  lathed  with  wire  or  metal  lath  and  plas- 
tered thereon  with  two  coats  of  brown  mortar  of  good  material,  not 
less  than  one-half  inch  in  thickness. 

In  every  building,  exceeding  one  story  in  height,  except  buildings 
of  the  First  and  Second  Class,  in  which  the  first  story  is  arranged 
for  a store  or  for  manufacturing  purposes,  the  ceiling  and  partitions 
of  the  basement  and  first  story  shall  be  covered  with  sheet  metal  or 
plastered  with  not  less  than  two  coats  of  brown  mortar,  of  good 
material  not  less  than  one-half  (i/^)  inch  in  thickness  on  metal  or 
other  fireproof  lath.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  78.  Plastering — How  done— Wall  to  be  plastered  back  of 
wainscoting.  When  wood  wainscoting  is  used  in  any 
building  such  as  is  mentioned  in  the  preceding  section,  the  surface  of 
the  wall  or  partition  behind  such  wainscoting  shall  be  plastered 
down  to  the  floor  line,  unless  said  wainscoting  is  placed  against  a 
brick,  stone  or  tile  wall  or  partition. 

How  cellar  or  basement  ceiling  to  be  plastered.  The  ceilings  over 
every  cellar  or  basement  of  all  dwellings,  lodging  or  tenement  houses 
shall  be  plastered;  when  more  than  three  stories  in  height,  they  shall 
be  lathed  with  wire  or  metal  lath  and  plastered  thereon  with  two 
coats  of  brown  mortar  of  good  materials. 

Same.  Other  ceilings  and  partitions.  All  ceilings  and  stud  par- 
titions of  all  dwellings,  lodging  and  tenement  houses,  and  furred 
walls  of  the  same,  when  plastered  with  lime  mortar  on  wood  lath, 
must  have  not  less  than  one-half  inch  key,  leaving  space  between 
ends  of  lath. 

Three-coat  or  scratch  work  to  have  at  least  seven-eighths  inch 
grounds  or  jambs,  mortar  j:o  be  mixed  as  follows: 

The  first  or  scratch  coat  to  be  mixed  or  tempered  one  part  of  thor- 
oughly slaked  lime  to  two  and  one-half  parts  of  sand  and  one-half  of 
hair,  to  be  applied  with  sufficient  pressure  to  insure  a good  rivet  or 
clinch  on  upper  side  of  lath,  to  be  scratched  thoroughly  to  make  key 
to  retain  second  coat.  First  coat  to  be  thoroughly  dry  before  apply- 
ing second  coat.  Second  coat  or  brown  mortar  for  three-coat  scratch 
work  to  be  mixed  with  one  part  of  slaked  lime  to  four  parts  of  sharp 
sand  with  little  hair. 

Lime  mortar  for  brick  or  tile  work  to  be  mixed  with  one  part 
lime  to  five  sand. 

For  two-coat  laid  off  work.  First  coat  to  be  mixed  the  same  as 
in  three-coat  work.  Brown  mortar  or  second  coat  to  be  mixed  or 
tempered  one  part  lime  to  six  parts  of  sand.  Grounds  should  not 
be  less  than  one-half  inch.  For  white  coating  with  lime  mortar, 
lime  should  be  well  slaked  and  put  through  a fine  screen  or  sieve. 

To  mix  thoroughly  before  applying  use  two  parts  of  lime  to  one- 
half  part  of  plaster  of  paris. 

For  cornice  work.  Equal  parts  of  lime  and  plaster  of  paris  should 
be  used.  All  lime  should  be  slaked  at  least  ten  days  before  using. 
All  plastering  must  be  done  straight  and  square  to  the  floor  line; 
also  all  plastering  made  flush  and  solid  to  all  frames  and  to  be 
straight  and  regular  to  all  mouldings  and  casings. 

When  patent  plasters  are  used,  such  as  Acme,  (Mimax,  Royal, 
Laramie,  X.  L.  All,  and  other  standard  cement  plaster; 

For  three-coat  work.  Lath  to  be  spaced  not  less  than  three- 
eighths  inch  key,  joints  to  be  broken  every  fifth  lath,  leaving  space 
between  ends  of  lath.  First  coat:  To  each  measure  of  fibered  plas- 
ter add  two  measures  of  clean,  sharp  sand,  mixed  thoroughly  and 
uniformly,  and  add  sufficient  water  to  temper  to  proper  consistency. 
Mortar  to  be  applied  promptly  with  sufficient  pressure  to  form  a 

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FOR  OVER  SEVENTY  YEARS 

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OF  THE 

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good  rivet  or  clinch  on  upper  side  of  lath.  First  coat  to  be  thor- 
oughly scratched  to  make  a key  to  retain  second  coat. 

Second  coat  to  be  applied  when  first  coat  is  two-thirds  dry,  and 
to  each  measure  of  fibered  cement  plaster  add  two  measures  of  clean, 
sharp  sand,  mix  thoroughly  and  uniformly,  and  add  sufficient  water 
to  temper  to  a stiff  mortar.  Mortar  to  be  applied  promptly  with 
sufficient  pressure',  when  half  dry  apply  finishing  coat.  Finish  coat 
for  smooth  finish:  Unfibered  cement  plaster  with  sufficient  water  to 
temper  to  a proper  consistency,  troweled  down  with  the  least  water 
possible  and  brushed  with  a perfectly  dry  brush. 

Two-coat  work.  Grounds  to  be  not  less  than  one-half  inch.  Lath 
to  be  spaced  not  less  than  three-eighths  inch  key.  Joints  to  be  broken 
every  fifth  lath,  leaving  space  between  ends  of  lath. 

First  coat.  To  each  measure  of  fibered  cement  plaster  add  two 
measures  of  clean,  sharp  sand,  mix  thoroughly  and  uniformly,  add 
sufficient  water  to  temper  to  proper  consistency.  Mortar  to  be  ap- 
plied at  once  with  coat  sufficient  to  make  walls  flush  with  grounds. 
Apply  finishing  coat  when  first  coat  is  half  dry.  Ord.  29560, 

-Sec.  79.  Least  thickness  for  wooden  bejims.  If  wooden  floor 
beams  are  used  in  any  building  hereafter  erected  other 
than  a building  of  the  Fourth  Class,  which  are  of  a less  thickness 
than  two  inches,  except  in  dwelling  houses  not  exceeding  fifteen 
(15)  feet  wide,  the  building  commissioner  may  require  the  beams  to 
be  spaced  in  a way  to  adequately  insure  the  safety  of  the  building. 
R.  C.  405. 

Sec.  80.  Wooden  beams  in  party  walls.  All  wooden  beams  and 
other  timber  entering  party  or  division  walls  of  build- 
ings shall  be  separated  from  the  beams  or  timbers  entering  in  the 
opposite  side  of  the  wall  by  at  least  four  (4)  inches  of  solid  masonry. 
R.  C.  407. 


Sec.  81.  Ends  of  beams  to  be  bevele<l.  The  ends  of  all  wooden 
floor  and  roof  beams,  where  they  rest  on  brick  walls, 
shall  be  cut  to  a bevel  of  one  inch  in  five  (5)  inches.  R.  C.  408 

Sec.  82.  Bridging.  All  floor  joists  shall  be  properly  bridged  with 
cross  bridgings.  In  no  case  shall  the  rows  of  bridging  be  more  than 
eight  (8)  feet  apart.  R.  C.  409. 

Sec.  Hii.  Anchoring  walls  to  joists,  girders  or  beams.  In  all 
buildings  of  the  First,  Second  and  Third  (lass  the  floor 
joists,  girders,  beams  and  roof  framing,  whether  of  wood,  iron  or 
steel,  shall  be  anchored  to  walls  in  a good  and  substantial  manner, 
such  anchors  to  be  placed  not  more  than  eight  (8)  feet  apart,  and 
built  into  the  masonry  walls.  The  form  and  construction  of  said 
anchors  shall  be  optional  with  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  building 
or  buildings,  but  in  no  case  shall  they^be  so  constructed  or  placed 
as  to  cause  any  strain  on  the  masonry  walls,  in  case  of  giving  way 
of  the  floor  or  roof  construction  caused  by  fire  or  otherwise.  The 
anchors  must  in  all  cases  be  self-releasing,  and  secured  to  the  joists, 
girders  or  beams,  whether  of  wood,  iron  or  steel,  at  or  near  the 
lower  edge.  The  size  of  such  anchors  must  in  all  cases  be  in  pro- 
portion to  the  joist,  girder  or  beams,  but  in  no  case  of  less  strength 
than  a bar  of  iron  one  and  one-quarter  (IV4.)  inch  by  one-quarter 
(1/4)  inch.  When  joists,  girders,  beams  abut  or  lap  over  a girder, 
they  shall  be  secured  to  each  other  by  nailing,  or  by  means  of 
strap  anchors  made  of  iron  or  steel  not  less  than  one  and  one- 
quarter  inch  by  one-quarter  inch,  and  securely  nailed  to  joists, 
girders  or  beams  when  of  wood;  and  bolted  or  riveted  when  made 
of  iron  or  steel.  In  all  cases  the  system  of  wall  anchors  and  anchors 
where  joists,  girders  or  beams  abut  or  join  shall  be  so  arranged 
as  to  secure  a continuous  tie  from  wall  to  wall.  Wheie  joists,  gird- 

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ers  or^  beams  are  parallel  with  the  walls,  suitable  anchorage  to 
walls  shall  be  provided,  but  in  no  case  shall  such  anchorage  be 
nearer  than  four  (4)  feet  to  the  center  of  such  joists,  girder  or 
beam.  R.  C.  410. 

Sec.  84.  Beams  and  woodwork  near  flues.  All  wooden  beams 
shall  be  trimmed  away  from  all  flues,  whether  the  same 
be  for  smoke,  air  or  any  other  use.  The  trimmer  beams  shall  be 
at  least  nine  inches  from  the  inside  face  of  the  flue  in  a straight 
line,  but' in  no  case  shall  wooden  beams  be  built  into  any  chimney 
breast,  and  the  header  beams  shall  be  at  least  two  inches  from  the 
outside  face  of  the  chimney  breast.  No  wooden  furring  or  wooden 
lathing  shall  be  placed  against  or  across  any  chimney  breast.  R.  C. 
411. 

Sec.  85.  Tidmmer  and  header  beams.  The  trimmer  and  header 
beams  shall  be  at  least  double  the  thickness  of  the  floor 
or  roof  beams,  or  shall  be  made  of  two  beams  forming  such  thick- 
ness, properly  spiked  or  bolted.  When  the  header  is  more  than 
fifteen  feet  in  length  (or  where  the  header  is  framed  to  the  trimmer 
beams  more  than  five  feet  from  the  bearing  end  thereof)  wrought 
iron  flitch  plats  of  proper  thickness  and  depth  shall  be  placed  be- 
tween the  wooden  beams,  and  all  properly  bolted  together  through 
the  iron  plates;  or  steel  beams  of  sufficient  strength  may  be  used 
in  place  of  flitch  plate  beams.  R.  C.  412. 

Sec.  86.  Bearing  of  wooden  beani.s.  Every  beam,  except  header 
and  tall  beams,  shall  rest  not  less  than  four  (4)  inches 
on  the  wall,  or  upon  a girder.  R.  C.  412. 

Sec.  87.  Stirrup  irons.  Every  wooden  header  more  than  eight 
feet  long  used  in  any  building  shall  be  hung  in  stirrup 
irons  of  suitable  strength  for  the  size  of  the  timber.  R.  C.  413. 

Sec.  88.  Cutting  beams  for  pipes.  No  gas,  water,  or  other  pipes 
or  conduits  which  may  be  introduced  into  any  building 
shall  be  let  into  the  beam  unless  the  same  be  placed  within  thirty- 
six  (36)  inches  of  a wall  or  supporting  partition.  In  no  case  shall 
the  said  pipes  be  let  into  the  beams  more  than  two  (2)  inches  in 
depth  and  in  no  case  in  the  lower  half  of  beam.  R.  C.  414. 

Sec.  89.  Wooden  stud  partitions  and  wall  fuiTing.  No  partition 
of  wooden  studs  or  scantling,  or  wooden  wall  furrings, 
shall  be  employed  in  the  basement  or  cellar  of  any  building,  here- 
after erected  or  altered,  to  be  used  as  a hotel,  lodging,  apartment 
or  tenement  house,  or  office  building,  or  mercantile  or  manufactur- 
ing building,  of  four  (4)  or  more  stories  in  height;  nor  shall  any 
wooden  or  stud  partitions  be  used  for  the  support  of  floors  in  any 
such  building,  hereafter  erected,  altered,  or  converted  to  the  use 
aforesaid.  Nor  shall  any  wooden  partition  or  partitions  of  wooden 
studs  be  hereafter  permitted  to  be  erected  between  tenements  to  be 
occupied  by  separate  tenants,  but  all  tenement  houses  two  stories 
or  more  high,  when  buildings  of  the  Third  Class,  which  accommo- 
date four  or  more  families,  shall  have  division  walls  of  solid  masonry 
of  the  thickness  required  by  .section  56,  extending  from  the  foun- 
dation to  the  roof,  between  each  set  of  apartments  and  the  parapet 
wall  thereon,  as  required  by  .section  74;  provided,  however,  in  case 
of  tenements  accommodating  four  or  more  families  where  there  is  a 
store,  or  stores,  in  the  first  story  of  the  tenement,  a masonry  dividing 
wall  between  the  apartment  may  begin  at  the  second  story  floor  line 
if  such  dividing  wall  is  supported  on  fireproof  steel  or  iron  beams 
carried  by  masonry;  and  in  all  other  cases  of  partitions  erected  be- 
tween tenements  to  be  occupied  by  separate  tenants,  such  partitions 
shall  be  of  approved  fireproof  materials;  nor  shall  any  wooden  par- 

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46 — 


tition  or  partitions  of  wooden  studs  be  hereafter  erected  between 
stores  or  places  of  business  to  be  occupied  by  separate  tenants,  but 
such  partitions  shall  be  either  brick  stone,  concrete,  hollow  tile,  or 
steel  studs,  covered  with  metal  lath  and  well  covered  with  cement 
plaster  forming  a solid  plaster  partition  of  not  less  than  two  and  one- 
half  inches  in  thickness.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  90.  Fire  stops  in  wooden  stud  i>ai’titions  and  wall  fuia  ing. 

Every  stud  partition  in  every  building  of  three  (:>)  or 
more  stories  in  height,  hereafter  erected  or  altered,  to  be  used  as 
an  office  building,  or  a hotel,  tenement,  apartment  or  lodging  house, 
shall  have  a solid  continuous  shoe  and  cap  not  less  than  two  (2) 
inches  thick,  the  full  width  of  such  partitions,  effectually  closing 
all  spaces  between  the  studs  of  such  partitions  and  the  spaces  be- 
tween the  floor  joist  below  or  above  such  partition;  or  where  stud 
partitions  in  such  buildings  extend  down  to  a partition  cap,  or  a 
girder  or  plate  below  the  floor,  then  the  space  between  the  studs 
shall  be  filled  solid  to  two  (2)  inches  above  the  floor  with  approved 
fireproof  materials,  so  as  to  effectually  stop  the  passage  of  fire  from 
the  spaces  between  the  studs  to  the  spaces  between  the  joists. 
Where  brick  walls  of  such  buildings  are  furred  with  wooden  fur- 
ring, the  brick  work  between  the  joists  in  each  tier  of  floor  beams 
shall  project  the  full  thickness  of  such  furring.  All  slots  or  chases 
in  the  walls  of  such  buildings  or  spaces  between  sJ:uds  shall  be 
solidly  stopped  with  fireproof  materials  at  every  floor.  Where  pipes 
or  ducts  or  wires  pass  through  the  fire  stops  herein  required  they 
shall  be  surrounded  at  such  places  by  mortar  or  metal  or  other  ap- 
proved fireproof  materials,  in  such  manner  as  to  effectually  stop  the 
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SECTION  NINETY-ONE 


GOVERNING 


RE-INFORCED  CONCRETE 


CONSTRUCTION 


Sec.  91.  DefiiiitioiivS. 

Concrete  is  an  artificial  stone  resulting  from  a mixture  of  Portland 
cement,  water  and  an  aggregate. 

Reinforced  Concrete  is  a concrete  in  which  steel  is  embodied  in  such 
manner  that  the  two  act  in  unison  in  resisting  stresses  due  to 
external  loading. 

Portland  Cement  shall  be  as  defined  in  the  Standard  Specifications, 
adopted  on  .June  14,  1904,  by  the  American  Society  for  Testing 
Materials. 

Agigi’egates.  An  aggregate,  as  herein  used,  means  one  or  more  of  the 
following  materials:  sand,  broken  stone  or  gravel.  Aggregates 
are  divided  into  two  classes:  Fine  aggegates  and  coarse  aggre- 
gates. A fine  aggregate  shall  include  all  aggregates  passing 
a number  eight  sieve.  A coarse  aggregate  shall  include  all 
aggregates  passing  a one-inch  ring  and  retained  on  a number 
eight  sieve.  Fine  aggregates  may  contain  not  more  than  five 
(5)  per  cent,  by  weight,  of  clay,  but  no  other  impurities.  Coarse 
aggregates  shall  contain  no  impurities.  R.  C.  514. 

Sec.  92.  Quality  of  materials. 

Portland  cement  shall  conform  to  the  requirements  of  the  specifica- 
tions of  the  American  Society  for  Testing  Materials  adopted 
June  14,  1904,  with  all  subsequent  amendments  thereto. 

Sand  shall  be  equal  in  quality  to  the  Mississippi  River  sand. 

Broken  stone  shall  be  either  limestone,  chatts,  or  granite,  or  some 
other  stone  equal  to  one  of  these,  in  the  opinion  of  the  building 
commissioner. 


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strength  of  concrete.  Concrete  shall  have  an  ultimate  strength  in 
compression  in  twenty-eight  (28)  days  of  not  less  than  two 
thousand  (2,000)  pounds  per  square  inch. 

PHVSK  AJ.  PKOPERTIES  OF  STEEL. 


Medium  Steel  High  Elastic  Limit 


Properties 

Plain 

Deformed 

Plain 

Deformed 

Considered 

Bars 

Bars 

Bars 

Bars 

Phosphorus,  maximum 
Bessemer  

.10 

.10 

.10 

.10 

Open-hearth  .....^ 

.06 

.06 

.06 

.06 

Ultimate  tensile  strength, 

lbs.  per  sq.  inch....  55/70,000 

55/70,000 

80,000 

80,000 

Yield  point,  minimum. 

rtjs.  per  sq.  inch.... 

33,000 

33,000 

50,000 

50,000 

Elongation,  per  cent 

in  8",  minimum.... 

1,400,000 

1,250,000 

1,200,000 

1,000,000 

T.  S. 

T.  S. 

T.  S. 

T.  S. 

Cold  bend  without 


fracture: 

Bars  under  %"  in 
diameter  or  thick- 
ness   180°d.=lt.  180^.=!^  180°d=3t.  180“dr=4t. 

Bars  %"  in  diam- 
eter or  thick- 
ness and  over.... 180“d.=lt.  180°d.=2t.  90“d=ot.  90®d— 4t. 

Test  si>ecimens  of  steel.  Tests  shall  be  made  on  specimens  taken 
from  the  finished  bar,  and  certified  copies  of  test  reports  shall  be  fur- 
nished the  building  commissioner  at  his  request. 

Bending  Tests.  Bending  tests  shall  be  made  by  pressure. 

Finished  steel.  Finished  materials  shall  be  free  from  seams, 
flaws,  cracks,  defective  edges,  or  other  defects,  and  have  a smooth, 
uniform  and  workmanlike  finish,  and  shall  be  free  from  irregular- 
ities of  all  kinds.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  93.  General  requirements — Reinforced  Concrete — Drawings. 

All  reinforced  concrete  work  shall  be  built  in  accord- 
ance with  approved  detailed  working  drawings.  These  drawings  and 
calculation  sheets  shall  be  submitted  to  the  building  commissioner 
for  approval,  and  no  work  shall  be  commenced  until  the  drawings 
shall  have  been  approved  by  him. 

Condition  of  sui-face  of  steel.  The  steel  used  for  reinforcing  con- 
crete shall  have  no  paint  upon  it,  but  shall  present  only  a clean  or 
slightly  raised  surface  to  the  concrete.  All  dirt,  mud  and  other  for- 
eign matter  shall  be  removed. 

Cleaning  steel.  If  the  steel  has  more  than  a thin  film  of  rust  upon 
its  surface  it  shall  be  cleaned  before  placing  in  the  work. 

Proportion  of  concrete.  The  solid  ingredients  of  the  concrete 
shall  be  mixed  by  volume  in  one  of  the  following  proportions: 

(a)  Not  more  than  three  (3)  parts  fine  aggregate  to  one  of 
cement. 

(b)  Not  more  than  two  (2)  parts  of  fine  aggregate  and  four 
(4)  parts  of  coarse  aggregate  to  one  of  cement;  but  in  all 
cases  the  fine  aggregate  shall  be  fifty  (.5<»)  per  cent  of  the 
coarse  aggregate. 

Cnit  measure  of  cement.  In  proportioning  materials  for  concrete, 
one  bag  containing  not  less  than  ninety-three  (9.3)  pounds  of  cement, 
shall  be  considered  one  cubic  foot. 

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Mixiii«  concrete.  ’ The  ingredients  of  the  concrete  shall  be  so 
thoroughly  mixed  that  the  cement  shall  be  uniformly  distributed 
throughout  the  mass  and  that  the  resulting  concrete  will  be  homo- 
geneous. 

Wetness  and  placing  of  concrete.  The  concrete  shall  be  mixed 
•>s  wet  as  possible  without  causing  a separation  of  the  cement  from 
the  mixture,  and  shall  be  deposited  in  the  work  in  such  manner  as 
not  to  cause  the  separation  of  mortar  from  coarse  aggregate. 

Placing  concrete.  Concrete  shall  be  placed  in  the  forms  as  soon 
as  practicable  after  mixing,  and  in  no  case  shall  concrete  be  used 
if  more  than  one  hour  has  elapsed  since  the  addition  of  its  water. 
It  shall  be  deposited  in  horizontal  layers  not  exceeding  eight  inches 
in  thickness  and  thoroughly  tamped  with  tampers  of  such  form  and 
material  as  the  circumstances  require. 

Placing  steel.  All  reinforcing  steel  bars  shall  be  wired  and  se- 
cured in  place  in  such  a manner  that  when  concrete  is  placed  in  the 
forms  all  bars  shall  be  in  the  exact  position  indicated  on  the  draw- 
ings. Before  any  concrete  is  placed  in  the  forms  the  contractor 
shall  notify  the  building  commissioner  that  the  steel  work  is  ready 
for  inspection. 

Location  of  joints.  Before  the  placing  of  concrete  is  suspended 
the  joint  to  be  formed  shall  be  in  such  place  and  shall  be  made  in 
such  manner  as  will  not  injure  the  strength  of  the  completed 
structure. 

Joining  old  and  new  work.  Whenever  fresh  concrete  joins  con- 
crete that  has  set,  the  surface  of  the  old  concrete  shall  be  rough- 
ened, cleaned  and  thoroughly  slushed  with  a grout  of  neat  cement 
and  water. 

Freezing  weather.  No  work  shall  be  done  in  freezing  weather, 
except  when  the  influence  of  frost  is  entirely  excluded.  In  the 
months  of  November,  December,  .January  and  February,  the  prog- 
ress of  the  work  shall  not  exceed  one  story  in  twenty-one  (21)  days, 
if  reinforced  concrete  cloumns  are  used  in  supporting  such  floors. 

Protection  of  structural  parts.  Until  sufficient  hardening  of  the 
concrete  has  occurred,  the  structural  parts  shall  be  protected  against 
the  effects  of  freezing,  as  well  as  against  vibrations  and  loads. 

Protection  of  concrete  from  drying.  When  the  concrete  is  ex- 
posed to  a hot  or  dry  atmosphere,  special  precautions  shall  be  taken 
to  prevent  premature  drying  by  keeping  it  moist  for  a period  of  at 
least  twenty-four  (2  4)  hours  after  it  has  taken  its  initial  set.  This 
shall  be  done  by  a covering  of  wet  sand,  cinders,  burlap,  or  by  con- 
tinuous sprinkling,  or  by  some  other  method  equally  effective,  in  the 
opinion  of  the  building  commissioner. 

Ileinoval  of  fonns  during  warm  weather.  If  during  the  harden- 
ing period  the  temperature  is  continually  above  seventy  (70)  de- 
grees Fahrenheit,  the  side  forms  of  concrete  beams  and  the  forms 
of  floor  slabs  up  to  spans  of  eight  feet  shall  not  be  removed  before 
^our  days.  '!^he  remaining  forms  and  supports,  not  beforetm^ 
from  the  con.pletion  of  tamping. 

Kcmoval  of  forms  during  cold  weather.  If  during  the  hardening 
period  the  temperature  falls  below  seventy  (70)  degrees  Fahrenheit, 
the  side  forms  of  concrete  beams  and  the  forms  of  floor  slabs  up  to 
spans  of  eight  (8)  feet  shall  not  be  removed  before  seven  (7)  days; 
the  remaining  forms  and  the  supports  not  before  fourteen  (l*^) 
days  from  the  completion  of  tamping.  But,  if,  during  the  harden- 
ing period,  the  temperature  falls  below  thirty-five  (85)  degrees 
Fahrenheit,  the  time  for  hardening  shall  be  extended  by  the  time 
during  which  the  temperature  was  below  thirty-five  (35)  degrees 
Fahrenheit. 

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Forms.  Forms  for  concrete  shall  be  sufficiently  substantial  to 
preserve  their  accurate  shape  until  the  concrete  has  set,  and  shall 
be  sufficiently  tight  so  as  not  to  permit  any  part  of  the  concrete 
to  leak  out  through  cracks  or  holes.  The  wedges  at  the  bottom  of 
the  columns,  and  in  other  places,  shall  be  nailed  in  place,  and  the 
forms  must  be  rigid  in  every  respect. 

Cleaning  forms.  Before  placing  the  concrete,  the  inside  of  the 
forms  shall  be  thoroughly  cleaned  of  all  dirt  and  rubbish.  The 
forms  of  all  beams,  girders  and  columns  being  constructed  with  a 
temporary  opening  in  the  bottom  for  this  purpose. 

Loading  tests.  If  loading  tests  are  considered  necessary  by  build- 
ing commissioner,  they  shall  be  made  in  accordance  with  his  instruc- 
tions. The  test  load  shall  be  equal  to  twice  the  live  load,  plus  a 
load  equal  to  the  dead  load. 

Tests  of  materials.  All  tests  of  material  herein  required  shall  be 
made  by  testing  laboratories  of  recognized  standing,  and  certified 
copies  of  such  test  reports  shall  be  filed  with  the  building  commis- 
sioner. Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  94.  Design — Reinforced  concrete — Weight  of  concrete.  The 
weight  of  concrete  including  the  reinforcement  shall  be 
taken  at  one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  pounds  per  cubic  foot. 

Weights  of  materials.  Besides  the  above,  in  calculating  the  dead 
loads,  the  weights  of  the  different  materials  shall  be  assumed  as 
given  in  Table  Number  One. 


TABLE  NUMBER  ONE. 


Material 

Weight 

Material 

Weight 

Paving  brick 

150 

pounds 

Plaster  

...140 

pounds 

Building  brick 

120 

pounds 

Glass  

...160 

pounds 

Granite  

170 

pounds 

Snow  

...  40 

pounds 

Marble  

170 

pounds 

Spruce  

...  25 

pounds 

Limestone  

160 

pounds 

Hemlock  

...  25 

pounds 

Sandstone  

145 

pounds 

White  pine 

...  25 

pounds 

Slag  

140 

pounds 

Oregon  fir 

...  30 

pounds 

Gravel  

120 

pounds 

Yellow  pine 

...  40 

pounds 

Slate  

175 

pounds 

Oak  

...  50 

pounds 

Sand  

110 

pounds 

Cast  iron 

...450 

pounds 

Mortar  

100 

pounds 

Wrought  iron  

...480 

pounds 

Stone  concrete  

150 

pounds 

Steel  

...490 

pounds 

Cinder  concrete  ... 

90 

pounds 

Paving  asphaltum  . 

...100 

pounds 

Designing  loads.  The  following  table  gives  the  uniformly  dis- 
tributed loads  for  which  structural  members  shall  be  designed  when 
their  dead  loads  are  as  given  in  the  first  column  “A”: 


TABLE  NUMBER  TWO. 


Dead  Load  in  Pounds  Minimum  Designing  Load. 


Per  Square  Foot. 

No.  1 

No.  2 

No.  3 

No.  4 

No.  5 

No.  6 

40 

pounds 

or 

less.... 

64 

96 

112 

136 

176 

256 

45 

pounds 

or 

less.... 

66 

98 

114 

138 

178 

258 

50 

pounds 

or 

less.... 

68 

100 

116 

140 

180 

260 

55 

pounds 

or 

less.... 

70 

102 

118 

142 

182 

262 

60 

pounds 

or 

less.... 

72 

104 

1 20 

144 

184 

264 

65 

pounds 

or 

less.... 

74 

106 

122 

146 

186 

266 

70 

pounds 

or 

less.... 

76 

108 

124 

148 

188 

268 

75 

pounds 

or 

less.... 

80 

110 

126 

150 

190 

270 

80 

pounds 

or 

less.... 

85 

112 

128 

152 

192 

272 

85 

pounds 

or 

less.... 

90 

114 

130 

154 

194 

274 

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90  pounds 

or 

less. 

95 

11  G 

132 

156 

196 

276 

95  pounds 

or 

less.. 

...  100 

118 

134 

158 

198 

278 

100  pounds 

or 

less.. 

..  105 

120 

136 

160 

200 

2 80 

105  pounds 

or 

less.. 

...  no 

125 

138 

162 

202 

282 

no  pounds 

or 

less.. 

..  115 

130 

1 40 

164 

204 

284 

1 1 5 pounds 

or 

less.. 

..  120 

135 

142 

166 

206 

286 

120  pounds 

or 

less.. 

..  125 

140 

144 

168 

2 0 8 

288 

125  pounds 

or 

less.. 

..  130 

145 

146 

170 

210 

290 

130  pounds 

or 

less.. 

..  135 

150 

148 

172 

212 

292 

135  pounds 

or 

less.. 

..  140 

155 

150 

174 

214 

294 

140  pounds 

or 

less.. 

..  145 

160 

152 

176 

216 

296 

145  pounds 

or 

less.. 

..  150 

165 

154 

178 

218 

298 

150  pounds 

or 

more 

L.  155 

170 

156 

1 80 

220 

300 

Column  1 

— based 

on  live 

load  of 

3 0 

lbs. 

per  square 

foot. 

Column  2 

— based 

on  live 

load  of 

5 0 

lbs. 

per  square 

foot. 

Column  3 

— based 

on  live 

load  of 

60 

lbs. 

per  square 

foot. 

Column  4 

— based 

on  live  load  of 

75 

lbs. 

per  square 

foot. 

Column  5 

— based 

on  live 

load  of 

100 

lbs. 

per  square 

foot. 

Column  6- 

— based 

on  live  load  of 

1 50 

lbs. 

per  square 

foot. 

It  shall  be  permissible  to  design  reinforced  concrete  construction 
for  a greater  live  load  in  accordance  with  the  following  formula: 


(Live  L(^d  x 4)  + Dead  Load  = Designing  Load. 


21/2 

Roofs.  For  flat  roofs  use  column  one  of  table  number  two. 

Dwellings,  Etc.  The  live  loads  on  floors  for  dwellings,  apartment 
houses,  dormitories,  hospitals  and  hotels  shall  be  given  in  column 
two  of  table  number  two. 

Offices.  For  offices  above  the  first  floor,  use  column  three,  table 
number  two. 

School  rooms,  etc.  For  schoolrooms,  churches,  theatre,  galleries, 
use  column  four,  of  table  number  two. 

Stores,  etc.  For  ground  floors  of  office  buildings,  corridors  and 
stairs  in  public  buildings,  ordinary  stores,  light  manufacturing  estab- 
lishments, stables  and  garages,  use  column  five,  of  table  number  two. 

Assembly  rooms,  etc.  For  assembly  rooms,  hall  rooms,  gymna- 
siums, or  any  room  likely  to  be  used  for  dancing  or  drilling,  use 
column  six,  table  number  two. 

Sidewalks.  For  sidewalks,  three  hundred  (300)  pounds  per  square 
foot. 

Warehouses,  etc.  For  warehouses,  stores,  factories,  and  commer- 
cial buildings,  special  according  to  service,  but  not  less  than  column 
six,  of  table  two. 

Columns.  For  columns,  the  specified  uniform  live  loads  per 
square  foot  shall  be  used  with  a minimum  of  twenty  thousand 
(20,000)  pounds  per  column. 

Reduction  on  column.s.  For  columns  carrying  more  than  five 
floors,  the  live  loads  may  be  reduced,  as  follows: 

For  columns  supporting  the  roof  and  top  floor,  no  reduction. 

For  columns  supporting  each  succeeding  floor,  a reduction  of  five 
(5)  per  cent  of  the  total  live  load  may  be  made  until  fifty  (50)  per 
cent  is  reached,  which  reduced  load  shall  be  used  for  the  columns 
supporting  all  remaining  floors. 

Exceptions  to  reductions  on  columns.  This  reduction  is  not  to 
apply  to  live  load  on  columns  of  warehouses  and  similar  buildings 
which  arc  likely  to  be  fully  loaded  on  all  floors  at  the  same  time. 

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Theory  of  stresses.  The  method  used  in  computing  the  stresses 
shall  be  such  that  the  resultant  unit  stresses  shall  not  exceed  the 
prescribed  unit  stresses  as  computed  on  the  following  assumptions: 

(One.)  That  a plane  section  normal  to  the  neutral  axis  remains 
such  during  flexure,  from  which  it  follows  that  the  deformation  in 
any  flbre  is  directly  proportionate  to  the  distance  of  that  flbre  from 
the  neutral  axis. 

(Two.)  That  the  modulus  of  elasticity  remains  constant  within 
the  limits  of  the  working  stresses  fixed  in  these  regulations,  and  is 
as  follows: 

Steel,  thirty  million  pounds  per  square  inch. 

Concrete,  two  million  pounds  per  square  inch, 

(Three.)  That  concrete  does  not  take  tension,  except  that  in  floor 
slabs  secondary  tension  induced  by  internal  shearing  stresses  may 
be  assumed  to  exist.  Ord.  295G0. 

Sec.  95.  Unit  stresses.  The  allowable  unit  stresses  under  a 
working  load  shall  not  exceed  the  following: 

Concrete.  Direct  compression,  five  hundred  (500)  pounds  per 
square  inch,  except  in  spiral  hooped  columns. 

Direct  compression  in  spiral  columns,  eight  hundred  (8o0) 
pounds  per  square  inch. 

Cross  bending,  eight  hundred  (800)  pounds  per  square  inch. 
Direct  shearing,  one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  pounds  per 
square  inch. 

Shearing  where  secondary  tension  is  allowed,  thirty-five  (35) 
pounds  per  square  inch. 

Steel.  Tension,  medium  steel,  sixteen  thousand  (10,000)  pounds 
per  square  inch. 

Tension,  high  elastic  limit  steel,  twenty  thousand  (20,000) 
pounds  per  square  inch. 

Compression  in  steel.  The  compression  in  steel  shall  he  com- 
puted from  the  corresponding  compression  in  the  concrete,  except 
for  hooped  columns.  % 

Bonding  stress,  plain  bars.  The  bonding  stress  between  steel 
and  concrete  under  working  load  shall  not  exceed  sixty-five  (65) 
pounds  per  superficial  square  inch  of  contact. 

Bonding  stress,  other  than  plain  bars.  For  bars  of  such  shape 
throughout  their  length  that  their  efficiency  of  bond  does  not  de- 
pend upon  the  adhesion  of  concrete  to  steel,  the  allowable  bonding 
stress  under  working  load  shall  be  determined  as  follows: 

The  bars  shall  be  imbedded  not  less  than  six  (6)  inches  in  concrete 
as  herein  defined  and  the  force  required  to  pull  out  the  bar  shall 
be  ascertained.  At  least  five  such  tests  shall  be  made  for  each  size 
of  bar  and  an  affidavit  report  of  the  test  shall  be  submitted  to  the 
building  commissioner,  who  shall  then  fix  one-sixth  (1/6)  of  the 
average  stress  thus  ascertained  at  failure  as  the  allowable  working 
stress.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  96.  Reinforced  concrete  columns^ — Maximum  column  length. 

The  unsupported  length  of  a column  shall  not  exceed 
fifteen  times  its  least  lateral  dimension.  This  does  not  apply  in 
case  of  flat  slab  construction. 

Combined  flexure  and  compre.s.sion.  In  a column  subjected  to 
combined  direct  compression  and  flexure,  the  extreme  fibre  stress 
resulting  from  the  combined  actions  shall  not  exceed  the  unit  stress 
prescribed  for  direct  compression. 

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Reinforcement  in  columns.  All  columns  shall  have  longitudinal 
steel  members  so  arranged  as  to  make  the  column  capable  of  resist- 
ing flexure.  These  longitudinal  members  shall  be  stayed  against 
buckling  at  points  whose  distance  apart  does  not  exceed  twenty 
times  the  least  lateral  dimension  of  the  longitudinal  member,  but  in 
no  case  shall  the  maximum  spacing  exceed  the  diameter  of  the 
column.  The  combined  area  of  cross  section  of  these  longitudinal 
members  shall  not  be  less  than  three-fourths  {%)  of  one  per  cent  of 
the  area  of  the  concrete  used  in  proportioning  the  column,  and  the 
stays  shall  have  a minimum  diameter  of  seven  thirty-secondths 
(7/32)  of  an  inch. 

Hooped  columns.  If  a concrete  column  is  hooped  with  steel  near 
its  outer  surface,  either  in  the  shape  of  circular  hoops  or  of  a helical 
cylinder,  and  if  the  minimum  distance  apart  of  the  hoops,  or  the 
pitch  of  the  helix  does  not  exceed  three  inches,  then  the  strength  of 
such  a column  may  be  assumed  to  be  the  sum  of  the  following  three 
elements: 

One.  The  compressive  resistance  of  the  concrete  when  stressed 
not  to  exceed  eight  hundred  (800)  poundes  per  square  inch  for  the 
concrete,  enclosed  by  the  hooping,  the  remainder  being  neglected. 

Two.  The  compressive  resistance  of  the  longitudinal  steel  rein- 
forcement shall  not  exceed  twelve  thousand  (12,000)  pounds  per 
square  inch. 

Three.  The  compressive  resistance  which  would  have  been  pro- 
duced by  imaginary  longitudinals  stressed  the  same  as  the  actual 
longitudinals;  the  volume  of  the  imaginary  longitudinals  being  taken 
at  two  and  four-tenths  (2.4)  times  the  columns  of  the  hooping.  In 
computing  the  volume  of  the  hooping  it  shall  be  assumed  that  the 
section  of  the  hooping  throughout  is  the  same  as  its  least  section. 
If  the  hooping  is  spliced  the  splice  shall  develop  the  full  strength 
of  the  least  section  of  the  hooping. 

Semi-hooped  columns.  In  hooped  columns  where  the  pitch  of  the 
spiral  is  more  than  three  inches,  the  following  minimum  unit  stresses 
shall  not  be  exceeded:  On  the  concrete  flve  hundred  (500)  pounds 
per  square  inch;  on  the  vertical  steel  seven  thousand  and  flve  hun- 
dred (7,500)  pounds  per  square  inch,  and  on  the  spiral  a stress  equal 
to  that  given  in  the  previous  requirements  for  hooped  columns. 
But  if  the  pitch  of  the  spiral  exceeds  six  (6)  inches,  the  column 
shall  be  proportioned  as  required  for  ordinary  reinforced  concrete 
columns,  and  the  strength  of  the  spiral  shall  be  disregarded.  Ord. 
29560. 

Sec.  97.  Minimum  covering  of  steel.  The  minimum  covering  of 
concrete  over  any  portion  of  the  reinforcing  steel  shall 
be  as  follows: 

For  flat  slabs  not  less  than  one  inch. 

For  beams,  girders,  ribs,  etc.,  not  less  than  one  and  one-half 
(ll^)  inches. 

For  columns  not  less  than  two  inches. 

In  computing  the  strength  of  columns,  other  than  hooped  col- 
umns, the  outside,  one  inch  around  the  entire  column,  shall  be 
neglected. 

Sec.  98.  Reinforced  ccncrete  gir<ler.s,  beams  and  slabs,  inoinent 
coeflicients.  For  girders,  beams  and  slabs,  tbe  follow- 
ing formulae  may  be  used  in  bending  moment  calculations: 

In  which,  W equals  the  total  load  per  square  foot. 

L equals  the  distance,  centei-  to  center,  of  supports 

Xon-continuous  beams,  slabs,  etc.:  WL- 


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Beams,  slabs,  etc.,  continuous  over  one  support  WL2 


10 

Beams,  slabs,  etc.,  continuous  over  two  or  more  supports:  WL^ 


12 

Beams,  slabs,  etc.,  continuous  over  supports  shall  be  reinforced 
to  take  the  full  negative  bending  moment  over  the  supports. 

Minimum  spacing  of  stoel..  The  minimum  distance/center  to  cen- 
ter of  reinforcing  steel  members  shall  not  be  less  than  the  maximum 
dh  meter  or  diagonal  dimensions  of  cross  section  plus  two  inches. 

T-Beams.  In  designing  T-beams,  the  width  of  floor  slab,  which 
may  be  assumed  to  act  as  compression  flange  of  the  beam,  shall  not 
exceed  the  thickness  of  the  beam  plus  six  times  the  thickness  of 
the  slab,  but  in  no  case  shall  it  execed  the  distance,  center  to  center, 
of  beams.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  99.  Temi)eratm*e  reinforcement.  Floor  and  roof  slabs,  re- 
taining walls  and  concrete  partitions,  shall  have  steel 
reinforcement  of  sufficient  size,  placed  at  right  angles  to  regular 
reinforcement.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  lOO.  Splicing  steel.  If  it  is  necessary  to  splice  steel  re- 
inforcing members,  either  in  compression  or  tension, 
the  splice  shall  be  either  a steel  splice  that  in  tension  will  develop 
the  full  strength  of  the  member,  or  else  the  members  shall  be  lapped 
in  the  concrete  for  a length  equal  to  at  least  the  following:  For  plain 
bars,  forty  (40)  times  the  diameter  or  maximum  diagonal  of  cross 
section.  For  other  than  plain  bars,  the  length  of  lap  shall  be  in 
inverse  ratio  of  the  allowed  bonding  stresses  as  herein  required. 
In  no  case,  however,  shall  the  steel  reinforcement  in  the  bottom  of 
a beam  or  girder  be  lap-spliced.  Ord.  29  5 60. 

Sec.  101.  Rules  governing  flnt  slab  designs. 

(a)  Definition.  Flat  slab  construction  is  understood  to  con- 
sist of  reinforced  concrete  slabs,  supported  on  reinforced 
concrete  columns,  without  the  use  of  supporting  beams.  The 
column  cap  is  spread  out  and  in  some  cases  carries  a re- 
inforced concrete  plate.  The  slab  may  be  recessed  to  form 
panels. 

(b)  Method  of  calculation.  For  the  purpose  of  calculation,  a 
floor  panel  shall  be  devided  into  strips.  Each  strip  to  be 
designated  by  a number,  as  follows: 

The  shortest  span  between  the  columns  shall  be  strip  number 
one.  The  one  at  right  angles  to  this  strip,  spanning  from  column 
to  column,  shall  be  strip  number  two.  If  a four-way  system  is  used, 
the  diagonal  sets  of  rods  shall  be  strip  number  three.  In  a two- 
way  system  the  rods  supporting  the  remaining  central  rectangle  of 
the  panel  shall  be  strip  number  three.  Strip  number  one  and  nnm- 
ber  two  shall  carry  a uniformly  distributed  live  and  dead  load  on  a 
width  of  0.4x0. 9 the  average  span  of  the  panel;  each  strip  number 
three  shall  support  a distributed  load  each  way  equal  to  one-half 
the  live  and  dead  load,  on  the  remaining  rectangle  in  the  center  of 
the  panel.  This  rectangle  shall,  for  the  purpose  of  calculation,  be 
assumed  to  measure  0.6x0. 6 the  average  span.  A copy  of  the  com- 
putations of  floor  and  roof  panels  and  columns  shall  be  left  with 
the  accompanying  draws  at  the  building  commissioner’s  office. 

(c)  Rending  moments  for  tAvo-way  reinforcement: 

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DES'GNS  . 


EXAMINATIONS 


REPORTS 


FREDERICK  C-  TAXIS 
CIVIL  AND  CONSULTING  ENGINEER 
825-26  VICTORIA  BUILDING 
OLIVE  1579  ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 


— 02 — 


I 


CONTINUOUS  PANELS. 

W = total  ’live  and  dead  load  per  square  foot. 

L = span  centre  to  centre  of  columns,  short  way. 

— span  centre  to  centre  of  column,  long  way. 

Lf  = span  equal  to  side  of  equivalent  square. 

The^ positive  bending  moment  of  strip  number  one  and  number 
two  shall  be:  — 

W X .::1G  X L- 


24 

The  positive  bending  moment  for  each  strip  number  three  shall  be: 
W X .3G  X L^ 


48 

The  negative  bending  moment  over  the  column  cap  shall  be,  for 
strip  number  one  and  number  two: 

W X .:1G  X 


12 

and  for  strip  number  three: 

W X .3G  X 


48 

•Wall  panels  continuous  on  one  side.  The  positive  bending  mo- 
ments for  each  strip  number  one  and  number  two  shall  be:  — 

W X .3G  X 


2 0 

and  for  each  strip  number  three:  = 

W X .3G  X 


40 

Wall  panels,  non-continuous.  The  bending  moments  for  each 
strip  number  one  and  number  two  shall  be: 

VV  X .3G  X Ls 


16 

and  for  strip  number  three,  shall  be: 

W X .3  6 x.L^ 


32 

(d)  Bending  moments  for  four-way  system.  ■ 

W total  live  and  dead  load  per  square  foot. 

L^  = span  center  to  centre  of  columns,  short  way. 

= span  center  to  center  of  columns,  short  way. 

Lg  = span  equal  to  side  of  equivalent  square. 

Continuous  panels.  The  positive  bending  moments  of  each  strip 
number  one  and  number  two  shall  be: 

W x .36  x L2  X L 


36 

and  for  each  strip  number  three,  shall  be: 

W X .3  6 X Lj 


36 

The  negative  bending  moment  over  the  column  cap  shall  be,  for 
each  strip  number  one  and  number  two: 

W X .36  X L3 


18 

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(American  Car  and  Foundry  Company 

Helmbachcf  Rolfing:  Milk  Dept, 


915  Olilpe  St, 


St,  Louis,  cMo, 


Christopher  & Simpson  Iron  Works  Co. 


Manufacturers  of 
STRUCTURAL  and  ORNAMENTAL 
IRON  AND  STEEL  WORK 
FOR  BUILDINGS 

Main  Office  and  Works: 

ST.  I.OUIS 

Branch  Office  KANSAS  CITY 


Stupp  Bros.  Bridge  & Iron  Co. 

Manufacturers  and  Contractors 
STRUCTURAL  STEEL  FOR  BUILDINGS, 
RAILROAD  AND  HIGHWAY  BRIDGES 
DESIGNED,  FABRICATED,  ERECTED 

CONTRACTING  OFFICE:  521  FRISCO  BUILDING 
WORKS  : Weber  Road  and  Mo.  Pacific  Tracks,  St.  Louis  County 


—64— 


. W X .36  X L3 

and  for  each  strip  number  three: 


36 

Wall  panels  continous  on  one  side.  The  positive  bending  mo- 
ment for  each  strip  number  one  and  number  two,  shall  be: 

W X .3  6 X L3 


30 

and  for  each  strip  number  three,  shall  be: 

W X .36  X L3 


30  - 

Wall  panels,  non-contiimous.  The  bending  moment  shall  be  for 
each  strip  number  one  and  number  two: 

W X .3  6 X L3 


24 

and  for  each  strip  number  three  shall  be: 

W X .36  X Lf 


24 

(e)  Unit  stresses.  Above  the  column  or  cap  a punching  shear 
of  one  hundred  (100)  pounds  per  square  inch  along  the  perimeter 
shall  not  be  exceeded,  and  at  the  edge  of  the  drop  panel  this  shear 
shall  not  exceed  fifty  (50)  pounds  per  square  inch.  All  other  unit 
stresses  shall  comply  with  the  requirements  of  other  sections  of  the 
reinforced  concrete  ordinance. 

(f ) Size  of  columns.  The  diameter  of  columns  in  fiat  slab  designs 
shall  be  calculated  in  compliance  with  the  requirements  of  other 
sections  of  this  ordinance,  but  the  least  diameter  shall  not  be  less 
than  one-fifteenth  (1/15)  of  the  average  span  of  the  fioor  or  roof 
panels,  and  in  no  case  shall  the  diameter  of  the  column  be  less  than 
one-twelfth  (1/12)  the  clear  column  height. 

(g)  Column  cap.  The  column  cap  must  be  so  designed  that  the 
permissible  compressive,  punching  and  shearing  stresses  are  not 
exceeded  at  any  point. 

(h)  Drop  panel  over  column.  The  thickness  and  the  size  of  the 
drop  panel  shall  be  such  that  the  permissible  fibre  stresses  due  to 
punching,  shearing  and  the  negative  bending  moment  are  not  ex- 
ceeded. 

(i)  AViring  and  placing  steel  rods.  All  rods  shall  be  wired  in 
place  in  the  exact  position  shown  on  the  approved  drawings,  but  in 
no  case  shall  rods  be  spaced  more  than  twelve  (12)  inches,  centre 
to  centre.  If  splices  are  made,  they  shall  be  placed  in  all  cases 
above  the  column  caps  and  the  length  of  the  cap  shall  be  at  least  3'-0" 
beyond  the  centre  of  the  columns,  but  where  it  is  desired  to  use  such 
splices  as  additional  negative  reinforcement,  the  rods  shall  extend 
at  least  .25L  beyond  the  centre  of  the  column. 

(j)  Thickness  of  slabs.  The  following  formula  shall  be  used  in 
arriving  at  the  minimum  slab  thickness: 


T = .025  L.  V ^ in  which  T is  thickness  of  slab. 

L = the  average  span  of  the  panel. 

W = the  total  live  and  dead  load  per  square  foot. 

However,  the  minimum  permissible  fioor  thickness  shall  not  be 
loss  than  one  thirty-secondth  (1/32)  of  the  average  span  of  a floor 

^65— 


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panel  and  one  fortieth  (1/40)  of  the  average  span  of  a roof  Trents, 
hut  in  no  case  shall  any  slab  be  less  than  six  (6)  inches  thIcR.  'are 

o 

(k)  Testing.  When  the  concrete  is  eight  (8)  weeks  old,  a test  to 
ascertain  the  character  of  the  workmanship  shall  be  made  by  the 
contractor,  when  notified  to  do  so  by  the  building  commissioner. 
Such  test  should  be  made  on  fioor  panels  selected  by  the  building 
commissioner,  and  the  load  shall  be  equal  to  twice  the  live  load 
plus  a load  equal  to  the  dead  load  of  the  fioor  slab  itself.  This  load 
shall  remain  in  place  for  twenty-four  (2  4)  hours,  and  a final  de- 
fiection  reading  then  taken  by  the  building  commissioner.  The  total 
defiections  in  the  centre  of  the  panel  shall  not  exceed  one  eight  hun- 
dredth (1/800)  of  the  average  span  of  the  panel.  If  it  is  found 
that  this  defiection  is  exceeded,  the  safe  carrying  capacity  of  the 
floor  shall  be  reduced  unless  it  is  found  that  such  floor  recovers  at 
least  eighty  (80)  per  cent  of  the  total  deflection  after  eight  (8) 
days. 

(l)  Finally.  This  part  of  the  ordinance  shall  govern  only  flat  slab 
construction  as  defined  heretofore,  and  shall  not  apply  to  other  types 
of  reinforced  concrete  design,  or  take  precedence  over  the  reinforced 
concrete  ordinance,  except  in  flat  slab  designs.  Unit  stresses  and 
other  requirements  not  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  section  shall 
comply  with  the  general  requirements  of  the  reinforced  concrete 
ordinance.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  102.  Oroimd  test.  The  Building  Commissioner  may  require 
any  applicant  for  a permit  to  ascertain,  by  boring  or 
other  test,  the  nature  of  the  ground  upon  which  he  proposes  to 
build.  The  Building  Commissioner  may  require  borings  to  be  made 
necessary  to  a depth  10  feet  below  the  bottom  of  the  lowest  footing 
and  in  as  many  places  as  may  be  necessary  to  discover  the  composition 
and  condition  of  the  soil.  The  Building  Commissioner  may  require 
tests  to  be  made  on  the  bottoms  of  excavations  for  footings  and 
foundations,  to  determine  the  actual  load  necessary  to  produce  set- 
tlement, and  the  amount  of  load  imposed  thereon  shall  be  based 
upon  data  thus  derived.  R.  C.  352. 

Sec.  103.  Ix>ads  to  be  carried  by  the  soil.  The  load  carried  by 
the  soil  shall  be  the  total  dead  load  and  an  average 
live  load  of  not  less  than  ten  (10)  pounds  per  square  foot  of  all  the 
floor  area  of  the  building,  when  used  as  an  office  building,  lodging 
or  tenement  house,  and  an  average  live  load  of  not  less  than 
twenty  (20)  pounds  per  square  foot  of  all  the  floor  area,  where  such 
building  is  used  for  mercantile  purposes;  and  an  average  load  of 
not  less  than  fifty  per  cent  of  the  total  live  load,  where  such  build- 
ing is  used  as  a warehouse.  Good  solid,  natural  clay  shall  be  deemed 
to  safely  sustain  a load  of  not  more  than  two  and  one-half  (2^/^) 
tons  to  the  superficial  foot  unless  satisfactory  tests  are  made  as 
noted  in  section  107.  The  area  of  footing  courses  shall  be  sufficient 
to  meet  this  requirement.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  104.  L/oads  on  floors  and  roofs.  The  minimum  live  loads 
which  the  floors  of  buildings  shall  be  capable  of  sup- 
porting, when  uniformly  loaded  over  their  entire  surface,  shall  be: 
For  stores,  factories,  commercial  buildings  and  warehouses,  one 
hundred  and  fifty  (150)  pounds  per  square  foot;  for  office  build- 
ings, on  all  floors  above  the  first,  sixty  (60)  pounds  per  square  foot; 
for  office  buildings  on  the  first  floor,  stairs,  corridors,  public  halls, 
main  floors  of  theaters,  buildings  used  for  light  manufacturing, 
stables  and  garages,  one  hundred  (100)  pounds  per  square  foot; 
for  churches,  schools  and  galleries  of  theaters,  seventy-five  (75) 
pounds  per  square  foot;  for  dwellings,  hospitals,  hotels,  lodging, 
apartment  and  tenement  houses,  fifty  (50)  pounds  per  square  foot. 

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OFFICE,  ROOM  621,  WAINWRIGHT  BUILDING 
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—68— 


For  all  flat  roofs,  thirty  (30)  pounds  per  square  foot;  for  li\. 
on  reinforced  concrete  floor  construction  use  table  number 
tion  ninety-four.  When  the  purpose  for  which  any  building  sll§:^® 
be  used  subjects  its  floors  to  greater  loads  than  those  given  above,“ 
then  such  building  shall  be  so  constructed  as  to  safely  support  such 
loads,  with  the  factor  of  safety  prescribed  in  this  ordinance  for  the 
materials  of  its  construction.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  105.  Definition  of  “live”  and  “dead”  loads.  Live  loads  are 
here  taken  to  mean  loads  that  are  movable  and  tran- 
sient, and  that  are  not  a part  of  the  building,  as  distinguished 
from  dead  loads,  which  are  here  taken  to  mean  the  fixed  and  com- 
ponent parts  of  the  building.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  106.  Loads  on  fioors  to  be  safely  distributed.  The  weights 
placed  on  any  fioor  in  any  building  shall  be  safely  dis- 
tributed thereon.  The  building  commissioner  may  require  the 
owner  or  occupant  of  any  building  or  portion  thereof,  to  re-dis- 
tribute the  load  on  any  fioor  or  to  lighten  such  load  where  he  may 
deem  the  same  to  be  necessary  for  the  protection  of  life  and  prop- 
erty. No  person  shall  place,  or  cause  or  permit  to  be  placed,  on  any 
floor  of  any  building  any  greater  load  than  the  safe  load  thereof,  and 
the  building  commissioner  may  require  the  safe  load  to  be  estimated 
and  ascertain  as  provided  in  section  107,  of  this  ordinance.  R.  C. 
457. 

Sec.  107  Strength  of  floors  to  be  computed.  In  all  manufactur- 
ing and  commercial  buildings,  where  heavy  materials 
are  kept  or  stored,  or  where  heavy  machinery  is  operated,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  owner  or  occupant  of  such  building  to  have  the 
strength  of  the  floors  of  such  building,  and  their  supports,  com- 
puted by  some  competent  person,  who  shall  estimate  the  weights 
which  may  be  safely  sustained  per  square  foot  of  floor  in  such  build- 
ing, and  to  reduce  such  estimate  in  writing,  stating  the  materials, 
sizes,  distance  apart  and  span  of  beams  and  girders,  posts  or  columns 
supporting  each  floor  in  such  building,  and  the  correctness  of  such 
estimate  shall  be  sworn  to  by  the  person  making  the  same,  and  it 
shall  thereupon  be  filed  in  the  Division  of  Building  and  Inspection. 
But  if  the  Building  Commissioner  shall  have  cause  to  doubt  the 
correctness  of  said  estimates,  he  is  empowered  to  revise  and  correct 
the  same,  and  for  the  purpose  of  such  revision  the  officers  and  em- 
ployes of  the  Division  of  Building  and  Inspection  may  enter  any 
building  during  business  hours  and  clear  so  much  of  any  floor  or 
portion  thereof  as  may  be  required  to  make  necessary  measurements 
and  examinations.  R.  C.  458. 

Sec.  108.  Notice  to  be  posted  on  each  floor.  When  the  correct 
estimate  of  the  weight  that  the  floor  in  any  manufac- 
turing or  commercial  building  will  safely  sustain  has  been  ascer- 
tained, as  provided  in  section  107,  of  this  ordinance,  the  building 
commissioner  shall  approve  the  same,  and  thereupon  the  owner  or 
occupant  of  said  building,  or  any  portion  thereof,  shall  post  a copy 
of  such  approved  estimate  in  a conspicuous  place  on  each  story  of 
the  building  to  which  it  relates.  Before  any  building  shall  be  used 
or  occupied,  in  whole  or  in  part,  for  any  of  the  purposes  aforesaid, 
the  weight  that  each  floor  will  safely  sustain  upon  each  superficial 
floor  thereof  shall  be  ascertained  and  posted  as  herein  specified. 
R.  C.  459. 

Sec.  109  Columns.  All  columns  in  buildings  required  by  this 
ordinance  to  be  buildings  of  the  first  class,  or  columns 
supporting  brick  walls  in  buildings  more  than  four  stories  in 
height,  shall  be  of  iron  or  steel  and  made  fireproof  by  a covering  of 
not  less  than  three  (3)  inches  in  thickness,  of  approved  fire-pro- 

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tecting  materials.  No  column  of  cast  iron  shall  have  a less  nients. 
ness  of  shell  than  three-quarters  (%)  of  an  inch,  nor  have  a len^jare 
exceeding  twenty-two  (22)  times  its  least  dimension,  unless  car© 
culated  in  compliance  with  section  113.  No  column  of  wrought  iron 
or  steel  shall  have  a less  thickness  of  metal  than  one-quarter  (i/4) 
inch.  No  column  of  wood  shall  have  a greater  length  than  thirty 
times  its  least  dimension;  nor  shall  any  column  of  wood  be  permis- 
sible in  the  cellar  or  basement  of  any  building  unless  it  is  set  on  a 
suitable  foundation  of  concrete,  stone,  brick,  metal,  or  like  mate- 
rial, at  least  six  inches  above  the  basement  floor;  nor  shall  any 
column  of  wood  in  any  building  of  more  than  three  (3)  stories  in 
height  stand  upon  any  bolster  or  girder  of  wood,  but  all  such  col- 
umns shall  stand  upon  metal  caps  or  plates  of  sufflcient  size  to  re- 
ceive the  columns  and  their  loads.  R.  C.  460. 

Sec.  110.  Loads  on  walls,  piers  and  columns.  The  walls,  piers 
and  columns  of  all  buildings  shall  be  proportioned  to  carry  the  full 
dead  load,  and  in  addition  thereto,  the  full  live  load  on  the  roof  and 
at  least  the  following  percentage  of  the  full  live  load  on  the  several 
floors;  Eighty- five  (85)  per  cent  of  the  live  load  on  the  top  floor, 
eighty  (80)  per  cent  of  the  live  load  on  the  next  to  the  top  floor, 
and  each  succeeding  floor  below  five  (5)  per  cent  less  than  the  pre- 
ceding one,  except  that  not  less  than  fifty  (50)  per  cent  of  the  full 
live  load  on  any  floor  shall  be  used.  The  above  requirements  shall 
apply  to  basement  walls,  piers  and  columns  as  well  as  to  other  walls, 
piers  and  columns. 

Table  of  minimum  percentages  of  live  loads  on  floors  and  roofs 
to  be  used  in  computing  the  size  of  their  supporting  walls,  piers  and 
columns; 


100% 

of 

live 

load 

on 

roof 

85% 

( < 

n 

( 6 

( ( 

first  floor 

below 

roof,  or  top  floor 

80% 

( ( 

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( ( 

second 

< ( 

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( ( 

75% 

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third 

< ( 

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70% 

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fourth 

( i 

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65% 

a 

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< ( 

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fifth 

( t 

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60% 

a 

( ( 

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( i 

sixth 

t( 

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55% 

a 

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t ( 

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seventh 

i ( 

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ii 

50% 

a 

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( ( 

eighth 

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50% 

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< i 

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ninth 

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50% 

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tenth 

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50% 

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eleventh 

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50% 

a 

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twelfth 

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and  50%  of  the  live  load  on  each  additional  floor  for  walls,  piers  and 
columns  supporting  a greater  number  of  floors  than  the  above.  The 
resultant  unit  stress  shall  not  exceed  the  maximum  allowable  unit 
stresses  given  in  section  113. 

Sec.  111.  Loads  on  girders.  Every  girder  shall  have  a calcu- 
lated capacity  to  support  in  addition  to  the  dead  loads 
imposed  thereon,  at  least  eighty-five  (85)  per  cent  of  the  live  load, 
and  the  resulting  stress  shall  not  exceed  the  maximum  unit  stresses 
given  in  section  113. 

Sec.  112.  Loiuls  on  beams.  Every  beam  shall  have  a calcu- 
lated capacity  to, support  the  full  dead  and  live  loads 
imposed  thereon,  and  the  resulting  stresses  shall  not  exceed  the 
maximum  allowable  unit  stresses  given  in  section  113.  R.  C.  464. 

—71— 


JEROME  F.  P.  CASEY  GEORGE  M.  O’TOOLE 

Prest,  and  Treas.  Vice-President 

Kinloch,  Delmar  697  Bell,  Forest  1540 

St.  Louis  Contracting  Company 

CONCRETE  WORK,  STONE  MASONRY 
CUT  STONE 

WHOLESALE  STONE  DEALERS 

OFFICE,  YARD  AND  SAW  MILL 

4425  Clayton  Avenue  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Kinloch,  Central  4943  Bell,  Bomont  534 

Venetian  Mosaic  & Granitoid  Co. 

2241  CLARK  AVE. 

CONTRACTORS 

Granitoid  and  Concrete  Work,  Mosaic  Tile  and 
Terrazzo  Floors  and  Walls 

F.  C.  Woermann,  Pres’t  Telephone  Charles  W.  Martin,  Sec’y 

M,  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.  Olive  719  Assoc.  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

Woermann  Construction  Co. 

CENTURY  BLDG.,  NINTH  and  OLIVE,  ST.  LOUIS 

General  Contractors  and  Engineers 

Architectural  and  Engineering*  Structures 


—72- 


Sec.  ll;5.  Allowable  unit  stresses  and  special  requirements. 

Masonry.  Allowable  stresses  in  pounds  per  square 
inch  on  plain  concrete  and  stone  masonry  shall  not  exceed  the 
following; 


Pounds 

Coursed  rubble,  Portland  cement  mortar 200 

Ordinary  rubble,  Portland  cement  mortar 100 

Coursed  rubble,  lime  mortar 120 

Ordinary  rubble,  lime  mortar 60 

First-class  granite  masonry,  Portland  cement  mortar 600 

First-class  limestone  masonry,  Portland  cement  mortar 400 

Portland  cement  concrete,  1-2-4  mixture 350 

Portland  cement  concrete,  1-2Y2-5  mixture 250 

Portland  cement  concrete,  1-3-6  mixture 200 

Natural  cement  concrete,  1-2-5  mixture 100 


Allowable  compression  in  pounds  per  square  inch  on  brick  ma- 
sonry shall  not  exceed  the  following: 


Pounds 


Vitrified  paving  brick,  one  part  Portland  cement,  three  parts 

sand  300 

Strictly  hard  pressed  brick, one  part  Portland  cement,  three 

parts  sand  2 50 

Ordinary  hard  and  red  brick,  one  part  Portland  cement,  two 

parts  sand  200 

Ordinary  hard  and  red  brick,  one  part  Portland  cement,  one 

lime,  three  sand 175 

Merchantable  brick,  good  lime  mortar 100 


Vitrified  paving  brick  and  strictly  hard  brick  shall  not  crush  at 
less  than  five  thousand  (5,000)  pounds  pressure  per  square  inch- 
Ordinary  hard  and  red  brick  shall  not  crush  at  less  than  two  thou- 
sand and  three  hundred  (2,300)  pounds  pressure  per  square  inch. 
Merchantable  brick  shall  not  crush  at  less  than  one  thousand  and 
eight  hundred  (1,800)  pounds  pressure  per  square  inch. 

Timber.  The  maximum  allowable  stresses  in  pounds  per  square 
inch  on  actual  sections  for  timber  shall  be  as  follows: 


Stress  and 

Compression 

Compression 

Shear 

Tension  with 

with 

across 

with 

grain 

grain 

grain 

grain 

Douglas  fir  and  long 

leaf  yellow 

pine..  1800 

1100 

250 

150 

Oak  

1800 

1000 

500 

200 

Short  leaf  yellow  pine  1000 

800 

250 

120 

White  pine 

800 

700 

200 

80 

Hemlock  

600 

500 

150 

60 

The  unit  stress  on  timber  posts  shall  comply  with  the  formula: 

L 

I*  = C X (1 ) 

SOD 

In  which  formula  (see  table  in  back  of  book) : 

C equals  compressive  strength  of  timber  with  the  grain  as  given 
in  table. 

L equals  length  in  inches. 

D equals  least  dimension  in  inches. 

The  maximum  length  of  a timber  post  shall  not  exceed  thirty  (30) 
times  the  least  dimension. 

Quality  of  timber.  Timber  used  for  building  purposes  shall  be 
sound,  well  manufactured,  close  grained,  free  from  wind  shakeg  or 

—78— 


HENRY  NICOLAUS,  President  LOUIS  J.  HAENNI,  V.-Pres.  & Gen.  Mgr. 
EUGENE  H.  ANGERT,  Secretary 

Gilsonite  Construction  Co. 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 

ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

Structural  Reinforced  Concrete 

General  Offices,  Wainwright  Bldg.,  St.  Louis 

CENTRAL  904  MAIN  35 

Branch  Office,  Busch  Bldg.,  Dallas,  Texas 


F,  M.  HALL  MAIN  4579 

J.  A.  MACKAY  CENTRAL  774 

Hall-Mackay  Const.  Co. 

General  Contractors 

Chemical  Building  St.  Louis^  Mo. 


A.  D.  GATES,  President  ELVIN  R.  GATES,  Secretary 

A.  D.  GATES  CONSTRUCTION  CO.,  INC. 
Engineers 

PLAIN  AND  RE-INFORCLD  CONCRETE 

4864  THEODOSIA  AVENUE 
ST.  LOUIS 

BELL,  Forest  2184  * . KIXLOCH,  Delmar  2833 


—74— 


from  dead,  loose,  decayed,  encased  or  pitchknots,  or  knots  and  other 
defects  such  as  bled  timber,  that  will  materially  impair  its  strength 
and  durability. 

Metals.  The  maximum  allowable  stresses  in  pounds  per  square 
inch  in  steel  and  iron  shall  not  exceed  the  following: 


Tension  on  net  section 

Max.  compression  on  gross  section 

Bending  on  extreme  fibre 

Bending  on  extreme  fiber  tension.. 
Bending  on  extreme  fibre  comp.... 
Bending  on  extreme  fibres  of  pins 
Shear;  shop  driven  rivets  and  pins 

Shear;  field  driven  rivets 

Shear  on  rolled  steel  shapes 

Shear  plate  girder  webs,  gross  sec. 

Shear  on  brackets... 

Bearing,  shop  driven  rivets  and  pins 
Bearing,  field  rivets 


Rolled 

Cost 

Wrought 

Cast 

Steel 

Steel 

Iron 

Iron 

16,000 

16,000 

12,000 

14,000 

14,000 

10,000 

10,000 

16,000 

1 6,000 

12,000 

3,000 

25,000 

10,000 

12,000  

9,000  

12,000  

10,000 

2,000 

24.000  

18.000  


The  allowable  compressive  stresses  per  square  inch  shall  be  de- 
termined by  the  following  formula: 


L 

Steel  columns 16,000  minus  70  — 

H 

L 

Wrought  iron  columns. .12, 000  minus  60  — 

R 

L 

Cast  iron  columns 10,000  minus  60  — 

R 

In  the  above  formula: 

L equals  length  in  inches. 

R equals  least  radius  of  gyration  in  inches. 


In  no  case  shall  the  allowable  compression  stress  exceed  that  given 
in  paragraph  (a)  of  this  section. 

For  steel  columns  filled  with,  and  encased  in  concrete,  extending 
at  least  three  inches  beyond  the  outer  edge  of  the  steel,  where  the 
steel  is  calculated  to  carry  the  entire  live  and  dead  load,  the  allow- 
able stress  per  square  inch  shall  be  determined  by  the  following 
formula.  (See  table  in  back  of  book): 

L 

18,000  minus  70  — 

R 

but  shall  not  exceed  sixteen  thousand  pounds. 

For  steel  columns  filled  with,  but  not  encased  in  concrete,  the  steel 
shall  be  calculated  to  carry  the  entire  live  and  dead  load.  In  this 
case  the  above  formula  may  be  used,  but  the  allowable  stress  shall 
not  exceed  fourteen  thousand  pounds. 

Stresses  due  to  eccentric  loading  shall  be  provided  for  in  all  com- 
pressive numbers. 

The  unsupported  length  of  rolled  steel  compressive  numbers  shall 
not  exceed  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120)  times  the  least  radius  of 
gyration,  but  the  limiting  length  of  struts  for  wind  bracing  only 
may  be  two  hundred  (200)  times  the  least  radius  of  gyration.  The 
limiting  length  for  cast  iron  columns  shall  be  seventy  (70)  times 
the  least  radius  of  gyration. 


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R.  S.  COLNON, 

President 


A.  P.  GREENSFELDER, 

Secretary 


FRUIN-COLNON 
CONTRACTING  CO. 

502  Merchants-Laclede  Building 
ST.  LOUIS 

Central  1887  Main  2598 


Phones:  Kinloch,  Central  2175  Bell,  Main  2257 

Hiram  Lloyd  Bldg.  & Con.  Co. 

404  ODD  FELLOWS  BUILDING 

SAINT  LOUIS 


Chas.  B.  McCormack  Royden  C.  McCormack 

Charles  B.  McCormack  & Son 

General  Contractors 

Columbia  Building 

St.  Louis 


—76— 


Stresses  of  opposite  char^ter.  Wherever  the  live  and  dead  load 
stresses  are  of  opposite  character,  only  seventy  (70)  per  cent  of 
the  dead  load  stress  shall  he  considered  as  effective  in  counteracting 
the  live  load  stress. 

Combined  stresses.  For  stress  produced  by  wind  forces  combined 
with  those  from  live  and  dead  load,  the  uniform  stress  may  be  in- 
creased thirty-five  (35)  per  cent  over  those  given  above;  but  the 
section  shall  not  be  less  than  required  if  wind  forces  be  neglected. 

Riveted  tension  members.  (a)  In  proportioning  tension  mem- 
bers, the  net  section  shall  be  used,  the  diameter  of  tne  rivet  holes 
deducted  shall  be  taken  one-eighth  (%)  of  an  inch  larger  than  the 
nominal  diameter  of  the  rivet. 

(b)  In  proportioning  rivets  the  nominal  diameter  of  the  rivet 
shall  be  used. 

(c)  Pin-connected  riveted  tension  members  shall  have  a net  sec- 
tion through  the  pin-hole  at  least  twenty-five  (25)  per  cent  in  ex- 
cess of  the  net  section  of  the  body  of  the  member  and  the  net  section 
back  of  the  pin-hole,  parallel  with  the  axis  of  the  member,  shall  not 
be  less  than  the  net  section  of  the  body  of  the  member. 

Plate  girders — Flanges — Compression,  (a)  Plate  girders  shall  be 
proportioned  either  by  the  amount  of  inertia  of  their  net  section, 
or  by  assuming  that  the  flanges  are  concentrated  at  their  centers 
of  gravity  and  a unit  stress  used  such  that  the  extreme  fibre  stress 
does  not  exceed  sixteen  thousand  (16,000)  pounds  per  square  inch, 
in  which  case  one-eighth  (%)  of  the  gross  section  of  the  web,  if 
properly  spliced,  may  be  used  as  flange  section. 

(b)  The  gross  section  of  the  compression  flanges  of  plate  girders 
shall  not  be  less  than  the  gross  section  of  the  tension  flanges.  The 
lateral  unsupported  length  of  girder  shall  not  exceed  forty  (40) 
times  the  width  of  the  compression  flange,  nor  the  stress  per  square 
inch  in  the  compression  flange  of  any  girder  whose  unsupportable 
length  is  more  than  ten  (10)  times  the  width  exceed. 

L 

19,000  minus  300  — 

B 

In  which  formula,  L equals  unsupported  distance  and  B equals 
width  of  flange. 

(c)  The  flanges  of  plate  girders  shall  be  connected  to  the  web  with 
a sufficient  number  of  rivets  to  transfer  the  total  shear  at  any  point 
in  a distance  equal  to  the  effective  depth  of  the  girder  at  that  point 
combined  with  any  load  that  is  applied  directly  to  the  flanges. 

(d)  Webs  of  plate  girders  shall  be  provided  with  stiffeners  over 
all  bearings  points,  under  all  points  of  concentrated  loading  and 
elsewhere  when  required  by  good  engineering  practice.  Ord.  29  560. 

Sec.  114.  Wind  i)ressure  on  buildings.  The  framework  of  any 
building  shall  be  constructed  to  resist  a horizontal  wind 
pressure  of  thirty  (30)  pounds  per  square  foot  on  all  exposed  sur- 
faces above  grade.  Where  there  are  buildings  immediately  adjoin- 
ing, the  wall  surface  covered  by  such  buildings  will  be  considered 
as  not  exposed  to  wind  pressure.  The  factors  of  safety  to  be  used 
in  computing  the  sections  required  to  resist  wind  pressure  shall  be 
such  that  the  unit  stresses  provided  in  section  113  of  this  ordinance, 
shall  not  be  exceeded  by  more  than  twenty-four  (24)  per  cent.  R.  C. 
470. 

Sec.  115.  Stairways  — Passageways  — Doors  and  fastenings  of 
mercantile  and  manufacturing  buildings.  Clause  One. 
All  buildings  of  the  first  or  second  class  more  than  two  and  not  over 

-77-— 


John  Grewe  Construction  Co. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 

947  Century  Building 
SAINT  LOUIS 

CENTRAL  4394  OLIVE  5737 


W.  M.  SUTHERLAND 
BUILDING  AND 
CONTRACTING 
COMPANY 

Syndicate  Trust  Building  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


Selden-Breck  Construction  Co. 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 

Fullerton  Building  St.  Louis 

ST.  LOUIS  CHICAGO  OMAHA  LOUISVILLE 

Fullerton  Bldg.  Peoples  Gas  Bldg.  State  Bank  Bldg.  Inter-Scuthern  Bldg. 


Jas.  H.  Bright  W.  R.  Bright  W.  C.  Musick 

President  Secy.  & Treas.  Gen.  Manager 

JAMES  H.  BRIGHT 
CONTRACTING  & BUILDING  CO. 

OFFICE 

720  TITLE  GUARANTY  BLDG.  ST.  LOUIS 


— 78— 


six  stories  in  height,  which  are  hereafter  erected  or  altered  or  which 
are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  occupied  for  manufacturing  or  mer- 
cantile purposes,  shall  be  provided  with  at  least  one  stairway  not 
less  than  three  (3)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  in  width,  and  with  the  ex- 
ception of  treads  and  hand  rails  shall  be  of  non-combustible  material 
and  shall  extend  from  the  ground  floor  to  the  top  story  of  the  build- 
ing. 

Such  stairway  shall  be  so  located  that  no  part  of  any  floor  above 
the  first  story  shall  be  more  than  one  hundred  feet  from  a stairway. 
The  stairv/ay  in  all  buildings  used  for  said  purposes  in  which  more 
than  one  hundred  persons  are  employed  above  the  second  story  shall 
be  increased  in  width  at  a ratio  of  six  inches  for  every  additional 
fifty  persons  employed  above  the  second  story. 

In  all  buildings  occupied  for  above  mentioned  purposes  and  over 
six  stories  in  height  and  all  buildings  in  which  a stairway  comply- 
ing with  the  requirements  of  this  section  cannot  be  so  located  as 
to  be  within  one  hundred  feet  of  every  part  of  the  floor  space  of 
each  floor  above  the  first  story,  there  shall  be  installed  two  stair- 
ways constructed  as  aforesaid  each  of  whi,ch  shall  not  be  less  than 
three  feet  six  inches  in  width.  Where  two  stairways  are  provided 
and  more  than  one  hundred  persons  are  employed  above  the  second 
story  each  of  the  stairways  shall  be  increased  six  inches  In  width 
for  every  additional  one  hundred  persons  employed  above  the  second 
story.  Said  stairway  or  stairways  shall  each  be  enclosed  in  a shaft 
constructed  of  stone,  brick  or  concrete. 

Clause  Two.  All  buildings  of  the  third  class,  used  for  the  pur- 
poses mentioned  in  clause  one,  shall  have  at  least  one  stairway  not 
less  than  three  feet  six  inches  in  width  which  shall  extend  from 
the  ground  floor  to  the  top  story  of  the  building,  and  shall  be  so 
located  that  no  part  of  the  floor  space  of  any  floor  above  the  first 
story  will  be  more  than  seventy-five  feet  from  the  stairway. 

When  more  than  fifty  persons  are  employed  above  the  second 
sfory,  the  stairway  shall  be  increased  six  inches  in  width  for  every 
additional  fifty  persons. 

All  buildings  of  this  class  used  for  said  purposes  and  in  which  a 
stairway  cannot  be  so  located  that  it  will  be  within  seventy-five  feet 
of  every  part  of  the  floor  space  of  each  story  above  the  first,  then 
two  stairways  not  less  than  three  feet  six  inches  in  width  shall  be 
installed.  Where  two  stairways  are  installed  and  more  than  one 
hundred  persons  are  employed  above  the  second  story,  each  of  said 
stairways  shall  be  increased  six  inches  in  width  for  each  additional 
one  hundred  persons  employed  above  the  second  story. 

All  buildings  coming  within  the  provisions  of  this  clause  in  which 
one  hundred  persons  or  less  are  employed  above  the  first  story,  the 
stairways  or  stairways  may  be  constructed  of  wood  and  enclosed  in 
shafts  constructed  of  metal  lath  and  plaster  or  other  approved  non- 
combustible material,  but  in  all  cases  where  more  than  one  hundred 
persons  are  employed  above  the  first  story  the  stairway  or,  if  there 
be  more  than  one,  each  shall  be  constructed  of  incombustible  ma- 
terial except  hand  rail  and  treads,  and  shall  be  inclosed  in  a shaft 
constructed  of  stone,  brick,  or  concrete. 

Clause  Thri'e.  Every  stairway  mentioned  in  clause  one  and  two 
which  is  required  to  be  five  feet  six  inches  and  not  more  than  seven 
feet  in  width  shall  have  a substantial  hand  rail  placed  in  the  center 
of  the  stairway,  and  provided  further  that  in  all  cases  where  a stair- 
way exceeds  seven  feet  in  width  the  building  commissioner  shall 
require  such  a number  of  additional  hand  rails  as  in  his  opinion  is 
neecssary  for  the  safety  of  the  persons  using  such  stairway  and 
provided,  further,  that  instead  of  increasing  the  width  of  the  stair- 
way or  stairways  more  than  three  feet  six  inches  as  herein  provided, 
the  owner  may  at  his  option  increase  the  number  of  stairways,  so 

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ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

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—80— 


that  the  combined  width  of  all  the  stairways  equals  the  combined 
width  of  the  lesser  number  of  stairways  when  increased  in  width 
as  herein  required.  Where  the  owner  elects  to  install  additional 
stairways,  if  in  buildings  of  the  third  class  and  in  which  less  than 
one  hundred  people  are  employed  above  the  first  story,  the  stairway 
or  stairways  may  be  constructed  of  wood  and  inclosed  in  shafts 
constructed  of  metal  lath  and  plaster  or  other  approved  non-com- 
bustible materials.  In  all  other  cases  the  additional  stairways  shall 
be  constructed  of  incombustible  material,  except  the  treads  and 
hand-rails  and  shall  be  installed  in  shafts  constructed  of  stone,  brick 
or  concrete,  and  in  all  other  respects  shall  comply  with  the  require- 
ments relating  to  such  shafts. 

In  all  cases  where  shafts  are  by  this,  section  required  to  be  con- 
structed of  stone,  brick  or  concrete,  the  doors  on  the  ground  floor 
of  such  shafts  shall  open  directly  into  a street,  alley,  yard,  or  outer 
court  or  directly  into  an  enclosed  corridor  or  passageway  con- 
structed of  stone,  brick  or  concrete  which  said  corridor  or  passage- 
way shall  open  directly  into  a street,  alley,  yard  or  outer  court. 
All  openings  in  all  of  the  aforesaid  shafts,  regardless  of  their  con- 
struction, shall  be  provided  with  approved  fire  doors. 

Clause  Four.  Every  basement  room  used  as  a salesroom  or  work- 
room in  which  ten  (10)  or  more  persons  are  employed  shall  have 
a stairway  or  stairways  leading  directly  to  the  outside  of  the  build- 
ing, and  such  stairways  shall  be  so  located  and  of  such  width  as  in 
the  opinion  of  the  building  commissioner  will  afford  a safe  and 
adequate  means  of  exit  therefrom. 

Dooi*s  and  their  fastenings.  Clause  Five.  All  doors  which  af- 
ford a means  of  exit  to  any  stairway  from  any  story  above  the  first 
story  shall  be  so  arranged  as  to  swing  into  the  space,  passageway, 
hallway  or  shafts  in  which  such  stairway  is  located.  The  fastenings 
on  all  doors  and  gates  above  the  first  floor,  which  lead  to  passage- 
way, hallway,  stairway  or  shaft  shall  be  so  arranged  as  to  be  easily 
opened  from  the  inside  without  the  use  of  a key.  All  exit  doors 
leading  from  the  lower  floor  or  shaft  directly  to  the  outside  of  a 
building  shall  be  provided  with  self-releasing  devices  which  shall  be 
opened  by  pressure  from  the  inside. 

Clause  Six.  Obstruction  of  passageways.  No  passageway,  hall- 
way, corridor,  stairway  landing  or  exit  shall,  in  any  manner  be 
obstructed,  nor  shall  any  explosive  or  inflammable  materials  of  any 
kind  be  placed  in  or  near  such  passageway,  hallway,  corridor,  stair- 
way landing  or  exit. 

Clause  Seven.  Any  owner  of  a building  coming  within  the  pro- 
visions of  this  section  who  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  comply  with  all 
of  its  requirements  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and 
upon  conviction  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  five 
hundred  dollars,  and  each  day  that  a violation  is  permitted  to  exist 
shall  constitute  a separate  offense.  Ord.  295G0. 

Sec.  116.  Stiiirs  for  hosi>itiils,  asylums,  schools,  halls  and  places 
of  public  assemblage.  The  stairways  for  hospitals, 
asylums,  schools,  public  or  private,  halls,  assembly  rooms,  and 
places  of  public  assemblage  erected  or  altered  since  April  7th,  1905, 
shall  not  be  less  than  three  (3)  feet  and  eight  (8)  inches  in  width, 
and  shall  have  no  winding  steps;  the  treads  shall  be  at  least  ten 
(10)  inches  in  width  and  the  risers  not  more  than  eight  (8)  inches 
in  height.  Every  building  erected  or  altered  since  the  above  men- 
tioned date,  shall  have  at  least  two  stairways  leading  from  the 
ground  to  the  top  story,  and  provided  further,  that  such  buildings 
shall  have  such  an  additional  number  as  may  be  necessary,  so  that 
the  entrance  to  every  room  or  apartment  in  such  building  shall  be 
within  one  hundred  feet  from  a stairway.  R.  C.  41G. 

—81— 


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—82— 


Sec.  117.  Stairways  in  hotels,  public  boarding  and  lodging  bouses, 
tenement  houses,  apartment  houses,  number — How 
constructed.  Every  building  more  than  two  (2)  stories  in  height 
hereafter  erected  to  be  used  as  a hotel,  boarding  house,  lodging 
house,  tenement  house,  apartment,  w'hen  not  a building  of  the  first 
class,  shall  have  at  least  (2)  stairways  leading  from  the  ground 
floor  to  the  upper  story  thereof,  and  shall  further  be  provided  with 
such  a number  of  stairways  so  located  that  the  entrance  to  every 
room  in  such  building  shall  be  within  one  hundred  (100)  feet  from 
the  stairway.  All  stairways  in  buildings  coming  within  the  above 
mentioned  class  shall  be  enclosed  with  brick,  stone,  concrete  or  tile 
walls,  and  all  stairways,  stair  halls,  landings  and  platforms  shall 
be  constructed  throughout  of  incombustible  material,  except  the 
treads  and  hand  rails  of  the  stairways,  and  all  openings  entering 
into  the  stairways  or  hatchways  in  the  basement  shall  be  provided 
with  self-closing  metal  clad  doors.  No  closet  of  any  kind  shall  be 
constructed  under  any  staircase  in  a public  hall.  Every  building 
more  than  two  (2)  stories  in  height,  when  not  a building  of  the  first 
class,  hereafter  altered,  to  be  used  as  a hotel,  public  lodging  house, 
boarding  house,  tenement  house,  apartment,  or  office  building,  and 
when  the  halls  or  stairways  in  a building  used  for  the  above  men- 
tioned purposes  shall  have  been  damaged  by  fire,  or  otherwise,  to  an 
extent  greater  than  fifty  (50)  per  cent  of  the  original  cost  to  install 
same,  and  if  hereafter  installed,  shall  be  made  to  conform  with  the 
requirements  of  new  buildings,  as  provided  in  this  section.  Every 
building  exceeding  two  stories  in  height,  when  not  a building  of  the 
first  class,  hereafter  erected  or  altered,  to  be  used  as  a hotel,  public 
lodging  house,  boarding  house,  tenement  house,  apartment,  or  office 
building,  where  the  lower  story  is  to  be  occupied  as  a store,  or  for 
mercantile  or  manufacturing  purposes,  or  place  of  assemblage,  shall 
have  at  least  two  stairways  leading  from  the  basement  to  the  top 
story,  and  all  interior  stairways  shall  be  enclosed  with  fireproof  par- 
titions. The  stair  soffits  shall  be  covered  with  metal  lath  and  plaster 
or  other  approved  fireproof  materials.  All  buildings  other  than 
those  of  the  first  class  intended  to  be  hereafter  used  for  any  of  the 
above  mentioned  purposes,  shall  have  covered  scuttles  or  bulkheads 
leading  to  the  roof  thereof  and  shall  have  ladders  or  stairs  leading 
thereto,  accessible  to  all  tenants,  and  in  a state  of  readiness  for  use 
at  all  times.  The  bulkhead  door  or  scuttle  shall  be  so  fastened  as 
to  be  easily  opened  from  the  inside  without  the  use  of  a key. 

The  stairways  and  the  public  halls  in  every  tenement  house  shall 
be  at  least  three  (3)  feet  wide  in  the  clear,  and  shall  be  accessible 
to  every  apartment  in  such  building,  provided,  further,  that  there 
shall  be  such  a number  of  stairways,  and  so  located  that  the  en- 
trance to  every  apartment  in  such  building  shall  not  be  more  than 
one  hundred  (100)  feet  from  the  stairway. 

Semi-fireproof  buildings  of  the  third  class  as  described  in  section 
28,  of  this  ordinance,  intended  to  be  occupied  as  a hotel,  public 
boarding  or  lodging  house,  or  apartment  or  tenement  house  or  office 
building,  shall  have  at  least  two  (2)  stairways  leading  from  the 
ground  floor  to  the  upper  story.  Such  buildings  shall  further  have 
a number  of  stairways  and  so  located  that  the  entrance  to  every 
room  in  such  building  shall  not  be  more  than  one  hundred  (100) 
feet  from  a stairway,  and  when  three  (3)  or  more  stories  in  height 
the  stairways  leading  from  the  first  story  to  basement  or  cellar  may 
be  located  inside  of  the  building,  provided  they  are  entirely  en- 
closed with  brick  walls  or  other  fireproof  partitions,  ceilings  and 
self-closing  metal  clad  doors.  The  stairs  in  all  semi-fireproof 
buildings  of  the  third  class  used  as  a hotel,  public  boarding  or  lodg- 
ing house,  or  apartment  or  tenement  house  or  office  building,  when 
three  (3)  or  more  stories  in  height  shall  be  constructed  of  incom- 

—83— 


Mississippi  Glass  Co. 

SOLE  MANUFACTURERS  OF 

Fire  Retardant  “Wire  Glass” 

FOR  MISSISSIPPI  WIRE  GLASS  CO. 

IX 

POLISHED,  ROUGH,  RIBBED  AND  FIGURED  DESIGNS 

FOR 

OFFICE  BUILDINGS,  WAREHOUSES,  ENCLOSURES  OF 
ELEVATOR  SHAFTS,  SKYLIGHTS,  ETC. 

Approved  by  St.  Louis  Fire  Prevention  Bureau  and  all  other 
Boards  of  Fire  Underwriters  in  the  United  States 

FIGURED  ROLLED  GLASS 

In  Maze,  Florentine  and  other  artistic  designs,  for  interior  glaz- 
ing of  Offices,  and  in  Residences,  for  Bathroom  Windows, 
Doors,  Panels  and  Transoms,  wherever  privacy  is  desired,  with 
increased  diffusion  of  light. 

ROUGH  AND  RIBBED  GLASS 

FOR  SKYLIGHTS 

FOR  SALE  BY  ALL  GLASS  JOBBERS 

Samples  and  Illustrated  Descriptive  Circulars 
Mailed  on  Request 

FACTORIES:  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Port  Alleghany,  Pa.;  Morgan- 

town, W.  Va.;  Latrobe,  Pa.,  and  Floreffe,  Pa. 


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Manufacturers  of  HIGH-GRADE  FIRE  BRICK  (“WALSH” 
BRANDS)  Blocks,  Tile  and  Specialties  in  Fire 
Clay  materials  for  all  purposes. 

Miners  of  Fire  Clays  of  Best  Grades 

FACTORIES:  Douglas  St.  and  Wabash  R.  R.,  St.  Louis,  and 

Vandalia,  Mo. 

Offices:  Main  and  Angelica  Streets,  St.  Louis 

220  Fifth  Avenue  No.  7 West  Madison  St. 

NEW  YORK  CHICAGO 


—84 — 


bustible  material  throughout,  except  the  treads  and  hand  rails  and 
such  stairs  may  be  open  from  ground  floor  to  top. 

Every  first-class  building  to  be  used  as  a hotel,  public  boarding 
or  lodging  house  or  office  building,  shall  have  at  least  one  stairway 
leading  from  the  ground  floor  to  the  top  story,  which  shall  be  not 
less  than  three  (3)  feet,  six  inches  in  width  in  buildings  not  over 
three  (3)  stories  in  height,  and  the  width  of  such  stairway  or  the 
combined  width  of  two  or  more  stairways  shall  be  increased  at  least 
six  (6)  inches  for  every  additional  story,  but  the  width  of  any 
stairway  shall  not  be  less  than  three  (3)  feet  six  (6)  inches,  pro- 
vided, however,  that  all  buildings  to  be  used  for  any  of  the  above 
mentioned  purposes,  except  offlce  buildings,  shall  have  a number  of 
stairways  so  arranged  that  no  room  or  apartment  on  any  floor  above 
the  first  shall  be  more  than'  one  hundred  feet  from  the  stairway. 
Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  118.  Windows  in  i>ubXic  halls  and  staiidialls.  In  all  tene- 
ment houses  of  three  (3)  or  more  stories  in  height, 
each  public  hall  and  stairhall  therein  shall  have  on  each  floor  at 
least  one  window,  not  less  than  twelve  square  feet  in  area,  opening 
directly  upon  the  street,  alley,  court  or  yard,  provided,  however, 
that  in  any  public  hall  of  an  existing  tenement  house,  not  already 
equipped  with  such  windows,  or  in  any  stairhall  of  any  tenement 
house,  three  (3)  or  more  stories  in  height,  in  lieu  of  such  windows, 
there  may  be  placed  in  the  roof  directly  over  each  stairhall,  a ven- 
tilating skylight  equipped  with  ridge  ventilators,  having  a minimum 
opening  of  forty  (40)  square  inches,  or  may  be  equipped  with 
louvres.  The  glazed  roof  of  such  skylight  shall  not  be  less  than 
twenty-five  (25)  feet  in  area,  and  shall  have  a strong  wire  netting, 
not  lighter  than  a number  eight  and  a mesh  not  more  than  two  and 
one-fourth  ( 2 14 )' square  inches,  placed  at  least  six  (6)  inches  above 
it,  unless  the  glass  contains  a wire  netting  within  itself.  Such  sky- 
light ventilation  shall  at  all  times  be  free  of  obstructions.  Any  part 
of  a public  hallway  shut  off  from  any  other  part  of  such  hallway 
by  a door  or  doors,  shall  be  deemed  a separate  hallway  within  the 
meaning  of  this  section.  R.  C.  420. 

Sec.  119.  Erection  of  fire  escapes — liocation — Construction — 
Removal  or  securing  of  unsafe  ones — Supervision  and 
approval  of  Building  Commissioner — Notice— Failure  to  erect, 
remove  or  secure— Misdemeanor — ^Penalty — Each  day  a separate  of- 
fense. Clause  One.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  owner,  proprietor, 
lessee  or  keeper  of  every  building  of  three  or  more  stories  in  height, 
Avhich  is  erected  for  or  used  as  a hotel,  boarding  house,  lodging 
house,  tenement  house,  apartment  house,  warehouse,  factory,  mer- 
cantile house  and  every  building  wherein  people  congregate  or  which 
is  used  as  a business  place,  or  for  public  or  private  assemblage  or 
church,  or  office  building,  except  fireproof  office  buildings  in  which 
all  the  structural  parts  are  wholly  of  brick,  stone,  tile  or  concrete, 
reinforced  concrete,  iron,  steel,  or  other  incombustible  material  and 
which  are  not  used  for  lodging  purposes;  also  every  schoolhouse, 
hospital,  sanitarium,  seminary,  blind  and  lunatic  asylum,  not  estab- 
lished and  maintained  in  whole  or  in  part  by  the  State  of  Missouri, 
to  provide  same  with  stationary  fire  escapes  attached  to  the  exterior 
of  said  building  and  with  staircases  located  in  the  interior  thereof. 

Clause  Two.  New  buildings.  No  permit  shall  hereafter  be  issued 
by  the  building  commissioner  to  any  person  for  the  erection  of  a 
building  coming  within  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  unless  the 
location  of  such  fire  escape  or  escapes  shall  be  described  in  the 
plans  and  specified  in  the  written  application  for  a permit  to  erect 
such  building,  nor  shall  the  building  commissioner  approve  the  com- 
pletion of  the  building  until  such  fire  escapes  are  fully  completed. 

—85— 


Stotel  Jefferson 

Twelfth,  Locust  and  St.  Charles 

CENTER  OF  fUE  CITY’S  MERCHANDISING 
AND  THEATRICAL  DISTRICT 

ABSOLUTELY  FIREPROOF 

ALL  MODERN  CONVENIENCES 

WHICH  ADD  TO  THE  COMFORT  OF  THE  GUEST 

LYMAN  T.  HAY,  Genl.  Mgr. 

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FIVE  MINUTES’  RIDE  FROM  THE  UNION  STATION 
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ON  ALL  SIDES  BY  THE  LEADING  PLACES  OF  AMUSE- 
MILNT. 


— 86— 


Clause  Three.  Number  of  lii^e  escapes.  The  number  of  fire  es- 
capes attached  to  any  one  building  as  required  by  this  ordinance, 
when  such  building  is  used  as  a schoolhouse,  seminary,  sanitarium, 
hospital,  blind  or  lunatic  asylum,  hotel  or  factory,  shall  be  not  less 
than  one  fire  escape  for  every  fifty  (50)  persons  or  fraction  thereof, 
for  whom  sleeping,  living  or  working  accommodations  are  provided 
for  above  the  second  story.  All  public  halls  which  provide  seating 
room  above  the  first  or  ground  fioor  shall  have  one  fire  escape  for 
every  one  hundred  (100)  persons  calculated  on  the  seating  capacity 
of  such  hall,  unless  a different  number  is  authorized  in  writing  by 
the  building  commissioner. 

Clause  Four.  liocation  and  construction.  All  fire  escapes  shall 
commence  at  the  sill  of  the  second  story  window,  and  run  to  the 
upper  sill  of  the  upper  story  with  an  iron  ladder  from  the  upper 
story  to  the  roof.  The  fire  escape  shall  extend  downward  from  the 
sill  of  the  second  story  window  to  within  nine  (9)  feet  of  the  ground, 
pavement  or  sidewalk,  except  fire  ecsapes  on  schoolhouses,  semi- 
naries, sanitariums,  hospitals,  theatres,  blind  and  lunatic  asylums, 
which  shall  be  built  solid  to  the  ground.  All  fire  escapes  shall  be  so 
located  as  to  afford  the  greatest  security  to  the  occupants  of  the 
building  and  shall  not  run  past  a window  where  it  is  practical  to 
avoid  it.  The  stairways  shall  not  be  steeper  than  an  angle  of  fifty- 
five  (55)  degrees,  and  constructed  so  as  to  be  placed  on  a blank 
wall.  Every  fire  escape  shall  be  provided  with  one  or  more  safe 
balconies  for  each  story  and  so  located  that  such  balcony  will  be 
directly  opposite  an  unobstructed  exit  at  least  three  (3)  feet  in 
width,  leading  from  the  building  to  the  fire  escape.  All  stairways, 
bolconies  and  other  landings  shall  have  pipe  railings  not  less  than 
three  (3)  feet  in  height,  and  the  space  between  such  railing  and 
balcony,  stairway  or  other  landing  shall  be  securely  enclosed  with 
heavy  wire  netting  or  other  equally  substantial  material.  All  doors 
and  windows  and  frames  for  same  used  for  exits  to  fire  escape 
balconies  and  to  fire  escapes  shall  be  constructed  of  metal  and 
wire  glass  of  approved  type  and  quality. 

Clause  Five.  Supervision  and  approval  of  Building  Commissioner. 
Whenever  any  fire  escape  is  to  be  attached  to  any  building, 
the  location  thereof  shall  be  determined  by  the  building  commis- 
sioner, and  it  shall  be  constructed  under  his  supervision  and  subject 
to  his  approval. 

Clause  Six.  Whenever  it  shall  come  to  the  knowledge  of  the 
building  commissioner  that  a fire  escape  is  in  an  unsafe  and  dan- 
gerous condition,  he  shall  at  once  notify  the  owner,  proprietor,  les- 
see or  keeper  of  the  building  of  such  fact,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  such  owner,  proprietor,  lessee  or  keeper  upon  the  receipt  of  such 
notice  to  forthwith  proceed  to  rebuild  or  otherwise  place  such  fire 
escape  in  a secure  condition. 

Clause  Seven.  Penalty.  The  owner,  proprietor,  lessee,  or  keeper 
of  a building  which  under  the  terms  of  this  ordinance  is  required 
to  have  one  or  more  fire  escapes  or  where  a building  has  the  required 
number  but  which  are  in  an  unsafe  and  dangerous  condition,  who 
shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance, shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and  upon  convic- 
tion, shall  be  fined  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars  and  each  day  shall  constitute  a separate  offense.  Ord.  295G0. 

Sec.  120.  Stand  piiies.  Every  building  of  more  than  four  (4) 
stories  in  height  shall  have  in  connection  with  every 
fire  escape  on  such  building,  a wrought  iron  stand  pipe  three  (3) 
inches  in  diameter  with  a Siamese  hose  connection  at  bottom  and  a 
hose  connection  and  valve  at  every  story  and  at  the  roof;  all  the 
connections  for  hose  shall  be  of  the  standard  size  and  thread  in 


— 87  — 


Lindell  353 


Delmar  1198 


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Manufacturers  of 


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Manufacturers  of 

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CORNICES  AND  SKYLIGHTS 

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KINLOCH*  DELMAR  G81-R 

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—88— 


use  by  the  St.  Louis  Fire  Department.  Provided,  however,  that  this 
section  shall  not  be  held  to  apply  to  theaters  and  other  buildings 
in  which  stand  pipes  have  been  placed  by  direction  of  the  building 
commissioner.  R.  C.  422. 

Sec.  121.  Duty  of  owTiers,  lessees,  occupants  or  keepers  of  build- 
ings to  keep  stairways  and  fire  escapes  free  from 
obstruction — Penalty  for  violation.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every 
owner,  lessee,  occupant,  manager  or  keeper  of  every  building  re- 
quired by  this  ordinance  to  have  fire  escapes  or  stairways,  to  keep 
such  stairways  and  fire  escapes  and  the  landings  and  the  passage- 
ways thereto,  at  all  times  free  from  obstructions  of  all  kinds,  and 
it  shall  be  unlawful  to  place  any  obstruction  on  any  such  stairway, 
fire  escape  or  landing  or  passageway,  or  to  place  therein  any  inflam- 
mable material  of  any  kind  or  to  cause  or  permit  obstructions  or 
materials  to  be  placed  therein.  Any  owner,  lessee,  occupant,  man- 
ager, or  keeper  of  any  building  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  section  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemaenor, 
and  upon  conviction  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than 
five  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  122.  Fireproof  doors  and  shutters.  In  every  building  more 
than  thr6e  (3)  stories  in  height,  above  the  basement, 
occupied  for  manufacturing  or  mercantile  or  warehouse,  or  office,  or 
hotel,  or  hospital,  or  asylum  purposes,  every  window  and  every  open- 
ing above  the  first  story  thereof,  excepting  windows  and  openings 
of  buildings  fronting  on  streets  or  vacant  lots,  which  are  more, 
than  forty  (40)  feet  in  width  shall  be  equipped  with  approved 
metal  frames  of  adequate  strength  with  wire  glass  panels,  and  such 
equipment  shall  be  placed  on  the  windows  and  openings  in  cases 
where  lots  which  were  vacant  when  buildings  were  constructed  are 
built  upon,  so  that  said  windows  or  opening  become  within  forty 
(40)  feet  of  any  building. 

All  buildings  heretofore  erected  shall  be  made  to  conform  to  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance;  provided  that  in  all  buildings  hereto- 
fore erected  the  windows  and  openings  where  wood  frames  exist 
may,  in  lieu  of  the  metal  frames  and  wire  glass,  be  equipped  with 
standard  fire-doors,  blinds  or  shutters  hung  to  iron  hinge  eyes  or 
pin  blocks  built  into  the  wall.  Such  fire-doors,  blinds  or  shutters 
shall  be  constructed  of  pine  or  other  soft  wood  of  two  thicknesses 
of  matched  boards  at  right  angles  with  each  other  and  securely 
fastened  and  covered  with  tin  or  galvanized  iron  on  both  sides  and 
edges,  with  folding  lap  joints;  the  nails  for  fastening  the  same  shall 
be  driven  inside  the  lap.  The  hinges  and  bolts  or  latches  shall  be 
secured  or  fastened  to  the  door  or  shutter  by  bolting  after  the  same 
has  been  covered,  and  such  door  or  shutter  shall  be  hung  independ- 
ent of  the  woodwork  of  the  window  and  doors  and  be  of  sufficient 
area  to  lap  two  inches  all  around  such  opening.  Sliding  shutters 
of  the  above  construction  of  such  mechanism  may  be  as  approved  by 
the  building  commissioner  may  be  used  instead  of  hinged  shutters; 
they  shall,  in  any  case,  comply  with  all  requirements  provided  for 
standard  hinged  fire  shutters.  R.  C.  424. 

Sec.  123.  Shutters  to  be  opened  from  outside.  All  shutters  above 
the  first  story  of  any  building  shall  be  so  arranged  that 
they  can  be  readily  opened  from  the  outside  by  firemen.  All  roll- 
ing iron  or  steel  shutters  hereafter  placed  on  the  first  story  of  any 
building  shall  be  counterbalanced,  so  that  said  rolling  shutters  may 
be  readily  opened  by  the  firemen.  R.  C.  425. 

Sec.  124.  Inside  fire  doors.  Where  openings  in  interior  brick 
walls  are  required  to  be  fitted  with  fire  doors  to  pre- 
vent the  spread  of  fire  between  buildings,  or  parts  of  any  build- 

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ings,  the  said  fire  doors  shall  be  made  of  wood  covered  with  tin  or 
galvanized  iron,  as  described  for  standard  fire  doors  and  shutters. 
R.  C.  426. 

Sec.  125.  Doors  and  shutters  to  be  closed  at  night.  Occupants 
of  all  office  buildings  provided  with  fire  doors  and 
shutters  shall  close  the  said  fire  doors  and  shutters  at  the  close  of 
business  each  day.  R.  C.  427. 

Sec.  126.  Revolving  Doors — AVhen  same  shall  be  constimcted, 
used  or  maintained.  No  revolving  doors  shall  be  con- 
structed, used  or  maintained  in  any  building  unless  the  revolving 
wings  of  all  such  doors  be  so  'constructed  that  they  can  be  readily 
collapsed  and  folded  flat  on  and  against  each  other  in  an  outwardly 
direction  by  the  application  of  a force  not  greater  than  such  as  may 
be  applied  by  an  ordinary  person,  thereby  making  practically  the 
entire  width  of  such  revolving  doors  immediately  available  for 
egress.  Nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  construed  to  prohibit 
the  construction,  use  and  maintenance  of  revolving  doors  the  wings 
of  which  are  not  so  constructed  as  herein  mentioned,  provided  there 
be  doors  swinging  outwardly  on  either  side  of  said  revolving  doors. 
Any  person  who  shall  violate  or  refuse  to  comply  with  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor, 
and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor 
more  than  five  hundred  dollars.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  127.  Doors  in  certain  buildings  to  be  hung — How.  All  doors, 
except  collapsible  and  other  revolving  doors,  as  pro- 
vided for  by  section  125,  used  for  ingress  or  egress,  to  and  from  all 
school  houses,  public  or  private,  theaters,  opera  houses,  picture 
show  exhibition  rooms,  assembly  rooms,  halls,  churches,  hotels,  pub- 
lic boarding  and  lodging  houses,  restaurants,  and  all  other  buildings 
wherein  people  assemble  for  the  purpose  of  instruction,  entertain- 
ment, amusement,  or  for  any  other  purpose  whatsoever,  except  as 
provided  for  in  section  115  of  this  ordinance,  shall  open  outwardly 
by  means  of  pressure  upon  the  inside  thereof.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  128.  Hatchways  or  well  holes  to  be  barred  or  inclosed.  Every 
hoistway,  hatchway,  stairway,  or  well  hole  not  used 
for  elevators  in  every  building  shall  hereafter  be  securely  guarded 
by  means  of  proper  gates,  railings,  or  guards,  or  other  inclosures 
as  shall  be  approved  by  the  building  commisisoner.  Such  guards 
or  railings  shall  not  be  less  than  three  feet  in  height  nor  more  than 
one  foot  above  the  floor,  and  shall  be  so  constructed  as  to  effect- 
ually prevent  persons  from  falling  into  such  hoistways,  hatchways, 
stairways  or  well  holes.  All  hoistways  or  hatchways  used  for  ele- 
vators, except  in  mercantile  and  manufacturing  buildings,  shall  be 
securely  inclosed  with  a wire  or  iron  screen  of  not  more  than  one 
inch  mesh  and  shall  extend  to  a height  of  at  least  six  (6)  feet  above 
the  floor.  The  opening  therein  on  each  floor  shall  be  provided  with 
a semi-automatic  gate  properly  fitted  with  a device  to  prevent  the 
gate  from  being  opened  until  the  platform  of  the  car  shall  have 
arrived  at  the  floor  landing  and  which  shall  cause  the  gate  to  close 
automatically,  as  the  car  leaves  the  floor  landing.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  building  commissioner  to  see  that  all  hatchways  or  well 
holes  in  buildings  are  properly  guarded  or  inclosed.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  129.  Inclosure  of  elevators  in  mercantile  or  manufacturing 
buildings.  Elevator  shafts  in  all  mercantile  and  manu- 
facturing buildings,  exceeding  three  (3)  stories  in  height,  hereafter 
built  or  altered,  to  be  occupied,  shall  be  inclosed  with  walls  or  par- 
titions of  approved  fireproof  material,  and  have  automatically  clos- 
ing metal  or  metal  clad  doors  at  all  openings  therein.  R.  C.  451. 

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Sec.  130.  Elevators  in  connection  with  stairways.  In  all  build- 
ings hereafter  erected  or  altered,  in  which  elevators 
are  placed  in  well  holes  of  or  adjacent  to  stairways  both  of  which 
are  required  by  this  ordinance  to  be  closed,  such  elevators  and 
stairways  shall  each  be  separately  inclosed  with  partitions  of  ap- 
proved fireproof  material.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  131.  Grating  and  floor  under  machinery'  and  top  of  elevator 
shafts.  There  shall  be  placed  below  the  machinery  and 
sheaves  at  the  top  of  every  elevator  shaft,  hereafter  constructed 
or  altered,  a substantial  grating  or  screen  of  iron,  so  constructed  as 
to  prevent  persons  or  objects  from  falling  into  such  shafts,  and  suf- 
ficiently open  to  permit  flames  and  smoke  to  pass  through  to  the 
skylight  or  windows  provided  in  section  133.  If  such  shaft  be 
floored  over  with  a solid  flooring,  such  flooring  shall  not  cover  more 
than  one-half  (i/^)  of  the  area  of  such  shaft,  and  at  least  one-half 
iV2)  of  the  area  of  such  shaft  shall  be  covered  with  an  approved 
open  iron  grating.  R.  C.  453. 

Sec.  132.  Dumb  waiter  shafts — Material  used  in  enclosing  same. 

In  all  non-fireproof  buildings  hereafter  erected,  except 
dwellings,  the  dumb  waiter  shafts  shall  be  enclosed  with  brick,  tile, 
reinforced  concrete,  or  cement  plaster  not  less  than  two  (2)  inches 
thick,  on  metal  studs  and  lath,  and  all  openings  thereto  shall  be 
made  of  incombustible  material,  made  to  open  from  the  outside  by 
raeens  of  a key,  or  other  device.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  133.  Sky'lights  over  elevators.  In  all  buildings  hereafter 
erected  or  altered,  the  roof  immediately  over  every 
hoistway,  elevator,  open  shaft  or  well  hole  shall  be  provided  with  a 
skylight  containing  not  less  than  twenty-five  (25)  square  feet  of 
glass;  said  glass  shall  be  set  in  metal  sashes  or  frames,  with  lights 
of  not  less  than  two  hundred  (200)  square  inches  each,  and  not 
exceeding  one-eighth  of  an  inch  in  thickness.  There  shall  be  sus- 
pended immediately  below  this  glass  a strong  wire  netting.  Pro- 
vided, that  if  in  the  sides  of  an  elevator  pent  house,  or  at  the  top 
of  any  such  shaft  or  wall  hole  there  be  windows  having  thirty- 
five  square  feet  of  glass  of  the  thickness  herein  specified  for  sky- 
lights, then  the  building  commissioner  may,  at  his  discretion,  per- 
mit the  skylights  above  described  to  be  omitted.  R.  C.  453. 

Sec.  134.  Fire  places,  chimneys  and  flues.  All  fire  places,  flues 
and  chimneys  in  any  building  hereafter  built,  and  all 
chimneys  or  flues  hereafter  altered  or  repaired,  without  reference  to 
the  purposes  for  which  they  may  be  used,  whether  for  gas  or  other 
fuel,  shall  have  the  joints  struck  smooth  on  the  inside.  The  brick 
walls  inclosing  all  chimney  shafts  used  for  furnaces,  heating  boil- 
ers, bakers’  ovens,  large  cooking  ranges  and  heating  furnaces,  and 
all  flues  used  for  similar  purposes,  shall  be  at  least  nine  (9)  inches 
in  thickness;  or  there  shall  be  a cast  iron  or  flre-clay  pipe  built 
inside  of  the  flue,  in  which  case  the  brickwork  surrounding  such 
pipes  may  be  four  inches  in  thickness.  All  chimneys  containing 
ordinary  flues  shall  be  built  to  a height  of  at  least  four  (4)  feet 
above  the  roof  covering.  All  smoke  flues  or  smelting  furnaces, 
or  of  steam  boilers  or  other  apparatus,  which  heat  the  flues  to  a high 
temperature,  shall  be  built  with  double  walls,  with  an  air  space  be- 
tween them,  the  inside  four  inches  to  be  of  fire  brick  or  fire-clay 
slabs  of  blocks  laid  in  fire-clay  mortar  to  a height  of  twenty-five 
(25)  feet  from  the  bottom.  Smoke  stacks  built  entirely  of  steel, 
cast  or  wrought,  may  be  erected  for  any  of  the  above  uses,  provided 
they  are  effectually  inclosed  in  masonry  or  fireproof  shafts,  in  such 
a manner  as  to  render  the  building  safe  from  damage  by  fire.  R.  C. 
429. 


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Sec,  135.  Chinmeys  and  flues  detached  from  masonry  walls.  All 
chimneys  and  flues  in  buildings  of  the  fourth  class,  or 
detached  from  the  brick  walls  of  buildings  of  the  second  or  third 
class,  shall  be  built  of  brick  with  surrounding  walls  not  less  than 
nine  (9)  inches  thick,  unless  there  be  flue  linings,  as  specified  in 
section  134,  in  which  case  such  chimneys  and  flues  may  be  built  with 
four-inch  walls.  R.  C.  430. 

Sec.  136.  Supports  for  cliimneys.  No  chimney  shall  be  supported 
or  built  upon  any  floor  or  beam  of  wood.  In  no  case 
shall  a chimney  be  corbeled  out  more  than  nine  (9)  inches  from 
the  wall,  and  in  all  cases  the  corbeling  shall  consist  of  at  least  five 
(5)  courses  of  brick  or  stone  corbeling  of  equal  height.  Where 
chimneys  are  supported  by  piers,  the  piers  shall  start  from  the  foun- 
dation on  the  same  line  with  the  chimney  breast,  and  shall  not  be 
less  than  thirteen  (13)  inches  on  the  face  and  properly  bonded  into 
the  wall.  No  chimney  shall  be  cut  off  below,  in  whole  or  in  part, 
and  supported  by  wood,  but  shall  be  wholly  supported  by  stone, 
brick  or  iron.  R.  C.  431. 

Sec.  137.  Unsafe  chimneys.  All  chimneys  which,  in  the  opinion 
of  the  Building  Commissioner,  are  dangerous  or  un- 
safe, in  any  manner  whatever,  shall  be  repaired  and  made  safe  or 
taken  down.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  138.  Fire  places,  hearths.  All  fire  places,  whether  for  gas 
or  other  fuel,  shall  have  backs  and  jambs  of  brickwork 
not  less  than  nine  (9)  inches  in  thickness,  and  shall  have  hearths  not 
less  than  twenty  (20)  inches  wide  from  the  face  of  the  breast,  and 
extending  the  full  length  of  the  chimney  breast,  laid  upon  trimmer 
arches  of  brick,  stone,  tile  or  concrete,  constructed  in  such  a manner 
as  to  be  self-supporting.  The  centering  shall  be  removed  upon 
completion  of  the  arch  and  before  plastering,  and  no  wooden  center- 
ing or  support  shall  be  allowed  to  remain  below  and  in  contact  with 
any  trimmer  arch  or  hearth.  R.  C.  432. 

Sec.  139.  Installing  of  boilers,  furnaces  and  ovens.  No  steam 
boilers  or  heating  boiler,  or  heating  furnace,  or  smelt- 
ing furnace  or  forge  or  baking  oven  or  roasting  oven,  or  like  appa- 
ratus, whereby  the  danger  of  fire  is  increased,  shall  hereafter  be 
installed  or  erected  or  used  in  any  building;  nor  shall  any  such  stove, 
oven  or  heating  apparatus,  as  is  mentioned  in  section  140  of  this 
ordinance,  be  installed,  or  erected,  or  used,  until  a permit  so  to  do 
shall  have  been  issued  by  the  building  commissioner  and  the  fees 
required  by  section  4 shall  have  been  paid.  Provided  that  ordinary 
cooking  and  heating  stoves  in  dwellings  or  other  buildings  wherein 
not  more  than  fifty  (50)  persons  are  lodged  or  assembled  or  em- 
ployed, may  be  installed  and  used  without  such  permission.  All 
such  apparatus  shall  be  so  installed  as  to  conform  to  all  of  the  re- 
quirements of  this  ordinance,  and  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the 
owner,  manager,  lessee,  tenant  or  agent  of  every  building  to  comply 
with  the  requirements  of  this  ordinance  in  the  erection  and  installa- 
tion of  such  boilers,  furnaces,  ovens,  ranges  and  like  apparatus.  In 
all  buildings,  the  floors  under  and  around  all  boilers,  hot-water 
heaters,  heating  furnaces,  ovens,  coffee  roasters,  or  other  appa- 
ratus, in  which  fires  are  maintained,  shall  be  non-combustible  or 
protected  by  a covering  of  brick  or  concrete  not  less  than  four  (4) 
inches  in  thickness,  and  extending  not  less  than  ten  (10)  feet  in 
front,  and  at  least  four  (4)  feet  on  all  other  sides.  On  top  of  this 
fireproof  covering  shall  be  placed  a ventilated  hollow  brick  or  tile 
foundaton,  upon  which  shall  be  set  such  low  pressure  boilers,  hot- 
water  heaters,  heating  furnaces,  oven,  coffee  roaster  or  other  struc- 
tures in  which  fires  are  maintained.  The  space  between  the  sides  of 

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any  low  pressure  boiler,  hot-water  heater,  heating  furnace,  oven, 
stove  or  other  apparatus  in  which  fires  are  maintained  and  any 
woodwork  or  wooden  construction  shall  not  be  less  than  five  (5) 
feet,  unless  all  such  woodwork  be  protected  by  metal  shields,  or 
other  fireproof  materials;  and  then  such  space  shall  not  be  less  than 
eighteen  (18)  inches,  and  no  woodwork  shall  be  within  eight  feet 
of  any  furnace  door  of  such  apparatus,  unless  similarly  protected. 
The  space  between  any  such  apparatus  and  any  wooden  ceiling  or 
wooden  ceiling  beam  shall  not  be  less  than  five  (5)  feet,  unless  such 
woodwork  be  protected  by  metal  shields  or  other  fireproof  materials 
extending  at  least  eighteen  (18)  inches  in  all  directions  beyond  the 
sides  of  such  apparatus;  and  if  the  space  between  such  ceiling  and 
such  apparatus  be  less  than  two  (2)  feet,  then  such  shield  or  other 
protection  shall  be  double  and  be  separated  by  metal  furrings  with 
an  air  space  of  at  least  two  (2)  inches  between  such  coverings,  but 
in  no  case  shall  it  be  permissible  for  any  such  apparatus  to  be 
nearer  to  any  wooden  ceiling  or  wooden  ceiling  beam  than  one  foot. 
No  steam  boiler,  or  heating  boiler,  or  heating  furnace  or  smelting 
furnace  or  forge,  or  apparatus  wjiereby  the  danger  from  fire  is 
increased,  shall  hereafter  be  used  in  any  building  until  the  same 
shall  have  been  examined  and  approved  by  the  building  commis- 
sioner, who  shall  then  issue  a permit  for  the  use  of  such  apparatus, 
and  his  certificate  that  it  conforms  to  the  requirements  of  this  ordi- 
nance, (upon  the  payment  of  the  fees  required  in  sections  4 and  17, 
of  this  ordinance).  R.  C.  4 83. 

Sec.  140.  Setting  of  stoves,  ranges  and  boxes  on  combustible 
floors,  except  in  dwellings.  Where  stoves  or  ranges  are 
set  upon  combustible  floors,  except  in  dwelling  houses  as  mentioned 
in  section  141,  they  shall  be  so  set  as  to  leave  an  air  space  of  not  less 
than  four  (4)  inches  between  them  and  the  floor,  and  the  floor  shall 
be  protected  by  sheet  metal  extending  three  (3)  feet  in  front  and 
one  foot  on  all  other  sides.  The  space  between  the  sides  of  any  such 
stoves  or  ranges  and  any  woodwork  or  wooden  construction  shall 
not  be  less  than  four  (4)  feet  unless  all  such  woodwork  be  protected 
by  metal  shields  or  other  fireproof  material;  and  then  such  space 
shall  not  be  less  than  eighteen  (18)  inches.  Metal  or  non-combusti- 
ble ash  boxes,  raised  off  the  floor,  shall  be  provided  where  ashes  are 
kept  in  a building.  No  stove,  range,  oven  or  heating  apparatus  shall 
be  used  in  any  hotel,  theater,  hospital,  school,  hall  or  other  building 
in  which  more  than  fifty  (50)  persons  are  lodged  or  assembled  or 
employed  until  the  same  shall  have  been  examined  and  approved  by 
the  building  commissioner,  who  shall  then  issue  a permit  for  the  use 
of  such  stove,  oven  or  heating  apparatus  and  his  certificate  that  it 
conforms  to  the  requirements  of  this  ordinance,  upon  the  payment 
of  the  fee  required  in  section  4 of  this  ordinance.  R.  C.  4 3 4. 

Sec.  141.  Setting  of  stoves  and  ranges  in  dwellings.  Every  stove 
or  range  or  other  apparatus  in  which  fires  are  main- 
tained, excepting  such  as  are  provided  for  in  sections  139  and  140, 
of  this  ordinance,  when  set  upon  combustible  floors,  shall  have  the 
floors  under  them  protected  with  sheet  metal  extending  two  (2)  feet 
in  front  of  and  one  foot  on  all  other  sides  of  same.  The  space  be- 
tween the  sides  of  any  such  stoves  or  ranges  and  any  woodwork  or 
wooden  construction  shall  not  be  less  than  three  (3)  feet,  unless 
all  such  woodwork  be  protected  by  metal  shields  or  other  fireproof 
materials;  and  then  such  space  shall  not  be  less  than  eighteen  (18) 
inches.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  owner  of  every  such  stove  or 
range,  as  is  mentioned  in  this  section,  to  cause  the  same  to  conform 
in  every  particular  with  the  requirements  of  this  section.  R.  C. 
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Sec.  142.  Smoke  pipes.  No  smoke  pipe  shall  extend  through 
any  external  wall  unless  connected  with  a flue,  chimney 
or  stack,  built  as  required  by  this  ordinance.  No  smoke  pipe  shall 
pass  through  any  window,  door,  floor,  roof  or  partition  constructed 
of  combustible  materials,  unless  there  be  a space  of  at  least  eighteen 
(18)  inches  between  such  smoke  pipe  and  such  combustible  mate- 
rial; or  such  smoke  pipe  may  be  surrounded  by  a double  metal  thim- 
ble of  sufficient  length  to  extend  completely  through  such  window, 
door,  floor,  roof  or  partition  and  having  a ventilated  air  space  of 
not  less  than  four  inches  around  the  pipe,  but  such  air  space  shall  not 
be  less  than  one-third  (1/3)  the  diameter  of  the  pipe.  No  smoke 
pipe  shall  be  placed  nearer  than  eighteen  (18)  -inches  to  any  com- 
bustible material,  unless  such  combustible  material  be  protected  by 
a coating  of  plaster  on  metal  lath,  or  by  a metal  shield  two  (2) 
inches  distant  from  such  combustible  material,  in  which  case  the 
smoke  pipe  shall  not  be  placed  nearer  than  nine  (9)  inches  to  such 
combustible  material.  No  smoke  pipe  having  a greater  diameter  ( 
than  nine  (9)  inches  shall  be  placed  nearer  than  twice  its  diameter  to 
any  combustible  material  unless  such  material  be  protected  as  afore- 
said, and  when  so  protected  shall  not  be  placed  nearer  thereto  than 
three-fourths  (%)  of  its  diameter,  unless  by  written  permission  of 
the  building  commissioner.  All  smoke  pipes  shall  be  put  together 
with  rivets,  bolts  or  approved  lock  joints,  and  shall  be  maintained 
in  good  order.  Ord,  29560. 

Sec.  143.  Hot  air  pipe®  and  registers.  ’ All  pipes  for  the  dis- 
tribution of  hot  air  shall  be  of  metal  or  non-combusti- 
ble material,  and  when  vertical  pipes  are  inclosed  in  partitions  or 
any  covering  of  combustible  materials,  such  pipes  shall  be  double, 
with  an  air  space  of  at  least  one-half  (i/^)  inch  between  the  inner 
and  outer  pipes  and  between  the  outer  pipe  and  any  woodwork  or 
combustible  material;  or,  if  such  pipes  are  single,  then  they  shall 
be  covered  with  asbestos  paper  of  not  less  than  two-ply  in  thickness, 
or  with  other  approved  material  of  equal  non-heat-conducting  and 
non-combustible  quality,  and  shall  be  kept  at  least  two  (2)  inches 
away  from  all  woodwork  or  combustible  material  unless  such  wood- 
work be  tinned,  and  then  they  shall  be  kept  at  least  one  inch  away 
from  such  woodwork  or  combustible  materials.  Horizontal  hot  air 
pipes  shall  be  kept  at  least  six  (6)  inches  away  from  all  woodwork 
or  combustible  material,  unless  the  same  be  protected  by  metal 
shields  or  by  plaster,  and  then  they  shall  not  be  nearer  than  two 
(2) inches  to  such  woodwork  or  combustible  material,  and  where 
such  horizontal  pipes  are  concealed  or  surrounded  by  woodwork  or 
other  combustible  material,  in  the  same  manner  as  is  herein  required 
for  vertical  pipes.  All  hot  air  registers  when  placed  in  a floor  next 
above  a furnace  or  other  heater  shall  be  set  in  approved  non-com- 
bustible borders  not  less  than  two  (2)  inches  in  width,  and  shall 
have  an  air  space  of  at  least  two  (2)  inches  on  all  sizes  on  the 
bottom  of  the  register  box.  All  register  boxes  shall  be  separated 
from  all  woodwork  or  combustible  material,  by  a distance  equal  to 
^hat  herein  required  for  concealed  hot  air  pipes.  No  wooden  lathing 
shall  be  placed  in  front  of  or  over  any  hot  air  pipe.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  144.  Setting  steam  and  hot  water  pipes.  No  steam  pipes 
or  steam  return  pipe  or  hot  water  pipe  shall  be  placed  nearer  than 
one  inch  to  any  woodwork  or  combustible  material,  unless  the 
same  be  protected  by  metal  shields,  and  then  they  shall  not  be  placed 
nearer  thereto  than  one-half  (V2)  inch.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  145.  Boiler  rooms,  coal  or  fuel  rooms.  All  high  pressure 
steam  boilers,  hereafter  to  be  placed  in  any  building 
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be  constructed  of  brick,  stone  or  concrete,  of  not  less  tnan  thirteen 
(13)  inches  in  thickness,  and  all  openings  into  such  fireproof  room 
shall  be  provided  with  standard  fireproof  doors.  The  ceiling  or 
floor  over  all  such  boiler  rooms  and  the  ceiling  or  floor  over  all 
such  coal  or  fuel  rooms  in  such  buildings,  shall  be  constructed  of 
reinforced  concrete  or  of  concrete  or  masonry,  supported  upon  iron 
or  steel  beams  or  masonry  arches.  Every  boiler  room  when  below 
ground,  or  when  under  any  sidewalk,  shall  have  stationary  iron  lad- 
ders or  stairs  leading  directly  to  a manhole  or  other  opening  to  the 
outside,  or  other  adequate  means  of  exit,  which  shall  be  approved 
by  the  building  commissioner.  R.  C.  438. 

Sec.  146.  Cuijola  cliiiniiey.  Cupola  furnaces  for  foundries  shall 
have  chimneys  extending  at  least  ten  (10)  feet  above 
the  highest  point  of  any  roof  within  a radius  of  forty  (40)  feet 
of  such  cupola,  and  shall  be  provided  with  an  approved  spark 
arrester.  R.  C.  440. 

Sec.  147-  Height  of  smoke  stacks  and  chimneys.  The  tops  of 
all  smoke  stacks  and  chimneys,  erected  since  Decem- 
ber 2,  1915,  shall  be  carried  above  the  roof  of  surrounding  buildings 
so  as  to  protect  them  from  smoke,  gases  and  fumes;  and  they  shall 
have  approved  spark  arrester  when  necessary  to  prevent  the  escape 
of  sparks.  The  heights  of  such  smoke  stacks  and  chimneys  shall  not 
be  less  than  here  given,  to-wit:  Smoke  stacks  and  chimneys  having 
a sectional  area  of  one  hundred  square  inches  or  less  shall  extend  at 
least  four  (4)  feet  above  the  tops  of  every  building  within  twenty 
(20)  feet  thereof;  smoke  stacks  and  chimneys  having  a sectional 
area  of  more  than  one  hundred  square  inches  and  less  than  three 
hundred  and  eighty  square  inches,  shall  extend  at  least  eight  (8)  feet 
above  the  top  of  every  building  within  one  hundred  (100)  feet  there- 
of; smoke  stacks  and  chimneys  having  a sectional  area  of  more  than 
three  hundred  and  eighty  (380)  square  inches,  shall  extend  at  least 
twelve  (12)  feet  above  the  top  of  every  building  within  two  hum 
dred  (200)  feet  thereof.  R.  C.  441. 

Sec.  148.  Gas  fixtures.  All  gas  lights  shall  be  placed  at  least 
three  (3)  feet  below  any  ceiling  or  exposed  woodwork, 
unless  they  are  properly  protected  by  a metal  shield  suspended 
at  least  one  inch  below  ceiling  or  woodwork,  in  which  cases  the  dis- 
tance shall  not  be  less  than  eighteen  (18)  inches,  and  all  gas  fix- 
tures or  devices  for  the  use  of  gas  shall  be  so  located  and  protected 
that  the  use  thereof  cannot  ignite  any  combustible  materials.  Ord. 
29560. 

Sec.  149.  Gas  pipes  and  fixtures  to  be  kept  in  ordei* — Upon  whom 
duty  rests.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  or 
lessee  of  every  building  wherein  gas  pipes  are  installed  to  maintain 
such  pipes  in  a state  of  good  repair  and  keep  them  tight,  and  to 
Immediately  repair  or  make  tight  any  defective  or  leaking  gas  pipes 
upon  notice  from  the  building  commissioner.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  every  occupant  of  a building  who  uses  gas,  whether  he  be  owner, 
lessee  or  tenant,  to  maintain  all  gas  fixtures,  gas  stoves,  gas  heaters 
or  other  devices  for  the  use  of  gas,  in  a state  of  good  repair  and  keep 
them  tight;  and  to  immediately  repair  or  make  tight  any  defective 
or  leaking  fixture  or  device  upon  notice  from  the  building  commis- 
sioner. It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  company  or  person  supplying 
gas  to  any  building  when  notified  by  the  building  commissioner  of 
any  leaking  or  defective  gas  pipe  or  gas  fixture  or  device  in  any 
building,  to  immediately  shut  off  the  gas  supply  to  such  building, 
and  not  to  turn  on  or  supply  gas  again  to  such  building  until  such 
defective  gas  pipe  or  fixture  shall  have  been  repaired  and  made 
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Sec.  150.  Temporary  floors — ^During  building  operations.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  every  contractor  or  his  agent,  who,  by 
such  contractor  shall  have  been  given  the  supervision  and  control 
of  the  construction  or  remodeling  of  any  building  more  than  four 
(4)  stories  in  height  above  the  established  street  grade,  to  provide 
and  lay  upon  the  upper-side  of  the  joists,  beams  or  girders,  or  both, 
of  the  first  fioor  below  the  riveters  and  structural  steel  setters,  a 
plank  fioor,  which  shall  be  so  laid  as  to  form  a substantial  tem- 
porary fioor  for  the  protection  of  the  employees  and  all  persons 
above,  below  or  on  such  temporary  floor  in  such  building,  provided, 
that  when  a permanent  floor  is  in  place  on  the  floor  herein  required 
to  be  planked  a temporary  protective  floor  shall  not  be  required. 
Any  contractor  or  his  agent  coming  within  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion who  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  comply  with  the  terms  hereof  shall 
be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  shall  be 
fined  not  less  than  five  (5)  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  and 
each  day  shall  constitute  a separate  offense.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  151.  Sewer  connections.  In  all  buildings  erected  or  to  be 
hereafter  erected  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  used  or 
intended  to  be  used  for  mercantile  or  manufacturing  purposes,  and 
located  where  a sewer  connection  can  be  made,  there  shall  be  in  the 
basement  or  cellar  of  every  building  used  for  said  purposes,  a sewer 
connection,  so  arranged  that  it  can  be  readily  opened,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  drainage,  in  the  event  that  the  buildings  or  any  of  the  floors, 
or  basement  of  cellar  thereof,  shall  be  flooded  from  any  cause,  and 
the  location  of  such  sewer  connection  shall  be  indicated  by  a per- 
manent and  conspicuous  sign,  near  the  ceiling  or  on  the  wall,  near 
the  same,  and  such  sign  shall  never  be  hidden  or  obstructed,  but 
shall  always  be  kept  in  plain  view.  R.  C.  428. 

Sec.  152.  Roofs.  Every  building  within  the  fire  limits  and 
every  building  required  by  this  ordinance  to  be  of  the 
first,  second,  or  third  class  shall  have  a roof  covering  of  metal,  slate, 
tile,  gravel,  or  other  equally  durable  and  incombustible  material. 
All  roofs  other  than  flat  roofs,  on  buildings  over  forty-five  (45)  feet 
high,  which  are  used  for  mercantile  or  manufacturing  purposes,  shall 
be  constructed  wholly  of  fireproof  materials,  supported  on  iron  or 
steel  rafers  and  supports,  or  of  reinforced  concrete.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  153.  Repairs  and  renewal  of  roofs.  When  the  roof  of  a 
building  within  the  fire  limits  is  to  be  renewed  or  fifty 
(50)  or  more  per  cent  of  the  roof  is  to  be  repaired,  the  materials 
used  shall  be  in  conformity  with  the  requirements  of  this  section. 
Ord.  29560. 


Sec.  154.  Roofs  of  adjoining  buildings.  In  all  cases  where  two 
or  more  buildings  are  built  adjoining,  and  separated 
by  a division  wall  or  walls,  the  roof  sheathing,  cornices  or  ridge 
mouldings  shall  not  extend  over  or  cover  any  portion  of  such 
division  wall  or  walls,  unless  such  roofs  are  constructed  wholly  of 
fireproof  materials.  R.  C.  393. 

Sec.  155.  Mansard  roofs.  Mansard  roofs  shall  be  considered  as 
roofs  having  an  angle  with  the  horizon  of  not  less  than 
fifty-five  degrees,  nor  more  than  eighty  degrees,  and  no  such  roof 
shall  be  permissible,  when  parallel  with  and  nearer  than  three  (3) 
feet  to  the  property  line  of  another  owner,  unless  such  roof  be  made 
wholly  of  fireproof  materials.  R.  C.  394. 

Sec.  156.  Metallic  leaders  from  roofs.  The  roofs  of  all  buildings 
shall  be  provided  with  proper  metallic  leaders  for  con- 
ducting the  water  away  in  such  a manner  as  shall  protect  the  walls 
and  foundations  of  such  buildings,  or  of  adjacent  buildings,  from 

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injury.  In  no  case  shall  water  from  such  leaders  he  allowed  to  flow 
upon  adjoining  walls  or  premises  or  upon  the  sidewalks,  but  shall  be 
conducted  by  proper  pipes  to  the  sewer.  If  there  be  no  sewer  avail- 
able, then  the  water  from  such  leaders  shall  be  conducted  by  pipes 
below  the  surface  of  the  sidewalks  to  the  street  gutter.  R.  C.  396. 

Sec.  157.  Cornices.  In  all  cases  where  a wall  is  flnished  with 
stone  or  terra  cotta  cornice,  sixty-five  (65)  per  centum 
of  the  weight  of  the  material  for  such  cornice  shall  be  on  the  inside 
of  the  outer  face  of  the  wall,  or  shall  be  securely  anchored,  so  that 
the  cornice  shall  be  firmly  balanced  upon  the  wall.  Cornices  of  all 
buildings  over  forty-five  (45)  feet  in  height,  excepting  residences, 
shall  be  constructed  of  non-combustible  material,  and  shall  be  well 
secured  to  the  walls  with  anchors  or  brackets  of  metal.  The  look- 
outs to  which  such  cornice  is  secured  shall  be  of  metal.  In  all  cases 
the  walls  shall  be  carried  up  to  the  sheathing  of  the  roof,  and  where 
the  cornice  projects  over  the  roof  the  walls  shall  be  carried  up  to  the 
top  of  the  cornice.  All  exterior  wooden  cornices  or  gutters,  except- 
ing of  residences  and  buildings  under  forty-five  (45)  feet  in  height, 
which  are  decayed  or  from  any  other  cause  shall  become  unsafe,  shall 
be  taken  down,  and  if  replaced,  shall  be  constructed  of  non-combust- 
ible material  as  required  for  new  buildings.  R.  C.  39  7. 

Sec.  158.  Balconies.  Balconies  on  buildings  may  project  beyond 
the  lot  lines  at  the  street  only  when  such  balconies  are 
constructed  wholly  of  incombustible  material;  but  no  part  of  such 
balconies  shall  project  more  than  three  (3)  feet  beyond  the  street 
lines,  nor  shall  any  part  of  such  balconies  be  nearer  than  fourteen 
(14)  feet  from  the  sidewalk  grade.  R.  C.  39  8. 

Sec.  159.  Pl’ojections  over  sidewalks  on  street  or  alley  lines.  The 
walls  of  all  bay  or  oriel  windows,  except  in  dwellings, 
shall  be  constructed  entirely  of  incombustible  materials.  The  limita- 
tions, dimensions  and  locations  of  bay  and  oriel  windows  projecting 
over  the  street  or  alley  building  line  shall  be,  as  follows;  No  part 
of  any  bay  or  oriel  window  shall  be  at  less  distance  than  fourteen 
feet  from  the  sidewalk  grade;  nor  shall  any  part  of  such  bay  or  oriel 
window  project  more  than  three  (3)  feet  over  the  building  line  of 
any  street  or  alley;  nor  have  a greater  frontage  than  fifteen  (15) 
feet;  nor  project  over  the  building  line  of  any  street  or  alley  where 
said  street  or  alley  is  less  than  twenty  (20)  feet  wide;  nor  shall  there 
be  more  than  one  bay  or  oriel  window  for  twenty-five  (25)  feet  of 
frontage.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall,  however,  limit  the  num- 
ber and  size  of  bay  or  oriel  windows  which  are  built  in  such  manner 
as  not  to  project  over  the  street  or  alley  line.  R.  C.  399. 

Sec.  160.  Stationary  awning — ^Inspection  to  be  made.  No  per- 
son, firm,  association,  or  corporation,  shall  attach  any 
stationary  awning,  canopy,  marquise,  bridge  or  overhead  passage- 
way to  any  building,  within  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  until  an  applica- 
tion, stating  the  weight  of  the  proposed  fixture,  shall  have  been 
filed  in  the  division  of  building  and  inspection,  an  inspection  made, 
and  a certificate  issued  by  said  division,  stating  that  such  building 
possesses  sufficient  strength  to  safely  carry  the  proposed  additional 
weight.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  161.  Show  windows.  No  part  of  permanent  store  fronts, 
show  windows  or  storm  doors  in  the  first  story  of  any 
building  intended  for  a protection,  or  to  contain  goods  or  wares 
for  display  or  sale,  shall  be  constructed  so  as  to  project  beyond  the 
building  line  of  any  street  or  alley.  In  case  of  alterations  of  store 
fronts  or  show  windows  necessitated  by  repairs  or  for  the  purpose 
of  re-arrangement,  or  in  case  of  removal  or  restoration  necessitated 
by  fire,  or  other  cause,  such  alteration,  renewals  or  restorations  shall 

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ordinance  relating  to  the  construction  of  new  store  fronts  or  show 
windows.  R.  C.  440. 

Sec.  162.  Slated  walls  and  gables.  In  dwellings,  lodging  houses, 
and  tenement  houses,  when  required  or  permitted  by 
this  ordinance  to  be  buildings  of  the  third  class,  and  a portion  of  a 
story  is  omitted,  or  roofed  at  a lower  level  than  another  part,  and 
when  there  are  no  masonry  walls  at  or  below  the  line  of  such  division, 
then  it  may  be  permissible  to  enclose  such  parts  with  wooden  studs 
or  sheathing,  covering  on  the  outside  with  slate  or  other  durable 
fire-resisting  material;  and  it  shall  be  permissible  to  cover  the  side 
of  dormers,  gables  and  bay  windows  of  such  buildings  with  like  ma- 
terials. But  no  such  construction  shall  have  an  exposed  surface  ex- 
ceeding two  hundred  and  fifty  (250)  square  feet,  nor  shall  it  be 
permitted  nearer  than  three  (3)  feet  to  the  line  of  any  adjoining 
owner.  R.  C.  383. 

Sec.  163.  Porches,  verandns,  porticos,  construction  of  inside  fire 
limits.  The  enclosing  walls  and  posts  of  porches,  ve- 
randas, or  porticos,  three  (3)  or  more  stories  in  height,  shall  be  of 
incombustible  material  on  buildings  inside  the  fire  limits,  but  where 
such  porches  are  enclosed  with  sash  and  glass,  such  sash  may  be 
made  of  wood.  Two-story  porches  may  be  enclosed  with  combustible 
material,  provided  such  enclosed  porches  are  enclosed  with  not  less 
than  sixty  (60)  per  cent  of  glass  and  furthermore,  no  such  enclosed 
porch  of  combustible  material  shall  have  a fioor  area  exceeding  one 
hundred  and  fifty  (150)  square  feet,  provided,  however,  that  where 
such  porches,  verandas,  or  porticos  constitute  a storm  door  enclosure, 
they  may  be  of  combustible  material,  providing,  that  they  be  not 
more  than  twelve  (12)  feet  high  nor  occupy  a greater  frontage  than 
two  feet  more  than  the  width  of  the  inner  doors,  protected  by  such 
storm  inclosure.  All  combustible  enclosures  of  porches  and  storm 
doors  hereafter  built  shall  be  at  least  three  (3)  feet  from  the  line 
of  another  owner.  Hereafter  no  porch  shall  be  constructed  more 
than  three  (3)  stories  in  height  unless  constructed  of  incombustible 
material.  Where  porches  are  continuous  and  extend  fifty  (50)  feet 
or  more  across  any  part  of  a tenement  house  there  shall  be  a parti- 
tion of  incombustible  material  separating  each  fifty  (50)  feet  of 
porch  from  the  adjacent  porch. 

“Hereafter  it  shall  be  permissible  to  build  enclosed  porches  not 
exceeding  three  (3)  stories  in  height  constructed  of  skeleton  steel 
frame  work  supporting  fioors,  roofs  and  enclosing  walls.  All  ex- 
terior walls  shall  have  at  least  sixty  per  cent  of  window  or  door 
openings  which  said  openings  shall  be  uniformly  distributed  and 
the  remaining  forty  per  cent  of  wall  area  shall  be  constructed  of 
hard  burned,  hollow,  clay  tile  at  least  four  inches  thick  plastered 
on  both  sides  with  Portland  cement  plaster  or  of  steel  studs  with 
metal  lath  and  plastered  on  both  sides  with  Portland  cement  plaster. 
No  enclosed  porch  constructed  of  steel  frame  work  or  of  steel  studs 
and  metal  lath  and  plaster  shall  exceed  eight  (8)  feet  by  fifty  (50) 
feet  in  size.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  164.  Green  houses  and  conservatories.  Green  houses  and 
conservatories,  if  located  within  the  fire  limits,  shall 
have  metal  frames  and  bars.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  16.5.  Construction  of  bath  rooms  attached  to  an  existing 
building.  When  from  any  cause,  it  shall  become  neces- 
sary to  build  an  addition  to  any  existing  building  for  the  purpose 
of  installing  a bathroom  and  water  closet  therein,  such  addition  shall 
be  constructed  of  stone,  brick,  concrete,  tile,  metal,  lath  and  Port- 
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terial,  provided,  however,  that  where  there  is  an  existing  frame 
dwelling  house  within  the  fire  limits  having  no  watercloset  therein 
and  the  owner  of  such  building  is  required  by  ordinance  to  anandon 
the  use  of  a privy  vault  located  in  the  yard,  such  owner  may  build 
a frame  addition  to  such  building  not  exceeding  seventy-two  square 
feet  for  the  purpose  of  installing  a bathroom  and  closet  therein,  and 
provided  further  that  when  the  main  building  is  not  within  the  fire 
limits,  such  addition  may  in  all  cases  be  constructed  of  the  same 
material  as  the  building.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  166.  Fireproof  walls  for  light  and  vent  sliafts.  In  every 
building  four  (4)  stories  or  more  in  height  hereafter 
erected,  all  the  walls  or  partitions  forming  interior  light  or  vent 
shafts  shall  be  built  of  brick  or  other  approved  fireproof  materials. 
R.  C.  384. 

Sec.  167.  Towers,  domes  and  spires  on  top  of  buildings.  Towers, 
domes  and  spires  may  be  erected  on  the  roofs  of  build- 
ings, but  shall  not  occupy  more  than  one-quarter  of  the  street  front- 
age of  any  building,  and  shall  not  in  any  case  have  a base  area  of 
more  than  twenty-five  hundred  (2500)  square  feet.  All  such  domes, 
towers  or  spires  shall  be  built  of  non-combustible  materials.  Towers, 
domes  or  spires  shall  not  be  permitted  on  buildings  of  the  second  and 
third  class  where  the  extreme  height  of  the  top  of  the  tower  dome  or 
spire  shall  exceed  one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet  above  the  street 
grade.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  168.  Pent  house — How  constructed.  Pent  houses  used  as 
inclosures  for  tanks  or  elevators,  and  coverings  for  the 
machinery  of  elevators,  and  for  any  other  purpose  whatever,  here- 
after erected  on  or  above  the  roof  of  buildings,  shall  be  built  of  fire- 
proof materials  or  sheathed  and  covered  on  all  sides  with  metal, 
including  sides  and  edges  of  doors.  Covers  on  top  of  water  tanks 
placed  on  roofs  may  be  made  of  wood,  covered  with  sheet  metal. 
Where  party  or  division  walls  form  one  or  more  sides  of  pent  houses, 
such  walls  shall  be  carried  up  as  fire  walls  above  the  roof  of  the  pent 
house.  R.  C.  403. 

Sec.  169.  Water  tanks  and  their  supports.  Water  tanks  erected 
over  roofs  of  buildings  shall  be  supported  on  brick  or 
stone  bearing  walls  or  on  metal  beams  or  posts.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  170.  Erection  of  signs.  Any  sign  now  erected  or  that  may 
hereafter  be  erected  on  or  attached  to  a building,  can- 
opy, balcony,  bridge,  wall  or  any  other  structure,  that 
may  become  decayed  or  from  any  cause  become  unsafe,  shall  be 
taken  down  and  removed  or  otherwise  properly  secured,  upon  writ- 
ten notice  from  the  building  commissioner.  No  sign  exceeding 
twenty  (20)  square  feet  in  area  shall  be  erected  on  or  attached  to 
any  building,  canopy,  balcony,  bridge,  wall  or  any  other  structure, 
without  a permit  from  the  division  of  building  and  inspection  as  pro- 
vided in  section  4,  of  this  ordinance.  No  sign  exceeding  thirty-five 
(35)  square  feet  in  area  shall  hereafter  be  erected  on  or  attached 
to  any  building,  canopy,  balcony,  bridge,  wall  or  other  structure, 
unless  such  sign  is  constructed  wholly  of  metal  or  other  non-com- 
bustible material.  When  two  or  more  signs  are  attached  to  any 
building,  canopy,  balcony,  bridge,  wall  or  other  structure,  one  above 
the  other,  the  width  or  height  of  all  the  signs  shall  be  measured  as 
if  the  entire  number  constituted  but  one  solid  sign  and  the  space  be- 
tween such  signs  shall  be  included  in  the  calculation  of  the  width 
of  the  signs,  unless  there  be  a clear  space  of  at  least  six  (6)  feet 
between  such  signs.  No  sign  shall  project  more  than  thirty-six  (36) 
inches  beyond  the  building  line  of  any  street  or  alley,  unless  such 
sign  be  securely  built  on  the  top  of  or  attached  to  a canopy,  or  like 

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permanent  fixture  of  a building.  No  sign  or  combination  of  signs 
erected  on  the  top  of  any  canopy  or  other  like  fixture,  when  project- 
ing more  than  thirty-six  (36)  inches  over  the  building  line  of  any 
street  or  alley  shall  exceed  ten  (10)  feet  in  height,  nor  shall  any 
sign,  attached  thereto,  project  beyond  the  outer  line  of  such  canopy, 
or  other  like  fixture.  No  sign  attached  to  any  building,  canopy,  bal- 
cony or  other  structure  shall  extend  downward  nearer  than  eight 
(8)  feet  to  the  ground  or  pavement  of  any  street  or  alley,  nor  shall 
any  sign  be  so  placed  as  to  obstruct  any  fire  escape,  or  so  situated 
as  to  interfere  with  the  operations  of  the  fire  department.  Every 
sign  hereafter  erected  upon  or  attached  to  any  building,  canopy, 
balcony,  bridge  or  other  structure  shall  be  supported  by  heavy  iron 
braces  or  supports  firmly  bolted  in  a secure  manner  to  sucn  build- 
ing, canopy,  bridge,  or  other  structure,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  erect  or  cause  to  be  erected,  or 
refuse  to  remove  or  properly  secure  an  unsafe  sign  in  violation  of 
this  ordinance.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  171.  Billboards,  permit,  removal.  Hereafter  no  billboard 
having  a surface  of  twenty-five  (25)  square  feet  or 
more  shall  be  erected,  altered  or  reconstructed  without  a permit 
from  the  division  of  building  and  inspection,  and  the  manner  of  con- 
struction, location,  and  dimensions  of  such  billboards  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  the  approval  of  the  building  commissioner  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  this  section.  The  term  “billboard”  within  the 
meaning  of  this  section  shall  include  all  strutcures  of  whatever  ma- 
terial the  same  may  be  constructed  which  are  erected,  maintained 
or  used  for  the  public  display  of  posters,  painted  signs,  picture  or 
other  pictorial  reading  matter,  except  that  the  term  “billboard” 
shall  not  be  applied  to  or  include  such  signs  as  are  attached  to  the 
roofs  or  walls  of  buildings,  canopies,  balconies,  brid'ges,  or  other 
like  structures  as  provided  for  in  the  preceding  section  of  this  ordi- 
nance. No  billboard  hereafter  erected,  altered,  replaced  or  recon- 
structed shall  exceed  fourteen  (14)  feet  in  height  above  the  surface 
of  the  ground.  Every  billboard  shall  have  an  open  space  of  at  least 
four  (4)  feet  between  the  lower  edge  thereof  and  the  ground,  which 
space  shall  not  be  closed  in  any  manner  while  the  billboard  stands, 
nor  shall  any  billboard  be  erected  or  placed  nearer  than  six  (6)  feet 
to  any  building  nor  to  the  side  line  of  any  lot,  nor  nearer  than  two 
(2)  feet  to  any  other  billboard,  nor  shall  any  such  billboard  exceed 
five  hundred  (500)  square  feet  in  area  nor  be  erected  or  placed 
nearer  than  fifteen  (15)  feet  to  the  street  line  of  any  street,  alley, 
or  right-of-way  on  which  any  lot  fronts  or  abuts,  but  in  all  cases 
where  the  building  line  of  buildings  within  fifty  (50)  feet  of  the 
proposed  billboard  is  more  than  fifteen  (15)  feet  from  the  street 
or  boundary  line  then  such  billboard  shall  not  be  erected  or  placed 
nearer  to  such  street  line  or  lot  boundary  line  than  the  distance  that 
the  building  line  of  such  buildings  is  from  such  street  line  or  lot 
boundary  line;  and  where  buildings  are  hereafter  nuilt  near  or 
adjacent  to  billboards,  such  billboards  shall  be  so  moved  or  cut  off 
as  to  leave  a space  of  not  less  than  six  (6)  feet  between  the  building 
and  such  billboard,  which  shall  iti  all  other  respects  also -comply  with 
the  terms  of  this  section.  Any  billboard  which  may  now  be  or  here- 
after become  decayed  or  unsafe  and  any  billboard  which  shall  here- 
after be  erected,  altered  or  reconstructed  contrary  to  the  provisions 
of  this  section  shall  be  removed  or  otherwise  properly  secured  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  terms  of  this  section  by  the  owner  thereof  or  by 
the  owner  of  the  ground  on  which  such  billboard  shall  stand,  upon 
receipt  of  a written  notice  from  the  building  commissioner,  com- 
manding such  owner  or  owners  to  have  such  billboard  removed  or 
otherwise  properly  secured  within  three  days  next  after  the  service 
of  said  notice.  Service  of  said  notice  shall  be  made  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  section  205  of  this  ordipance.  No  decayed 

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or  unsafe  billboard  shall  be  repaired  or  rebuilt  except  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  this  section  and  upon  a permit  issued  from 
the  division  of  building  and  inspection.  R.  C,  498. 

Sec.  172.  Fences — "Walls — Screens.  It  shall  hereafter  be  unlaw- 
ful to  erect  any  division  fence  or  screen,  in  whole  or 
in  part  of  cloth,  canvas,  or  other  like  material,  nor  shall  any  solid 
wooden  division  fence  or  screen,  exceeding  six  (6)  feet  in  height  be 
erected,  provided,  however,  a wooden  or  metal  fence  or  screen  not 
exceeding  eight  (8)  feet  in  height  may  be  erected  if  such  fence  or 
screen  be  penetrated  with  openings  at  regular  intervals,  or  latticed, 
so  that  the  combined  area  of  the  openings  shall  be  at  least  fifty  (50) 
per  cent  of  the  actual  surface  of  such  fence  or  screen,  but  no  division 
fence,  fence  wall  or  screen,  no  matter  how  built,  or  of  what  material 
constructed,  shall  exceed  ten  feet  in  height.  Ord.  29  560. 

Sec.  173.*  Hotels,  public  lodging  or  boarding  houses,  rope  fire 
escapes,  cbemical  fire  extinguishers  or  stand  pipes — 
Failure  to  piovido— A misdemeanor,  i)enalty.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  proprietor  or  keeper  of  every  hotel,  public  lodging  or  boarding 
house  which  is  not  over  three  (3)  stories  in  height  and  of  non-fire- 
proof  construction  and  not  provided  with  exterior  stationary  stair 
fire  escapes  as  required  by  the  statutes  of  this  state,  to  provide  in 
every  bedroom  or  sleeping  apartment  on  the  second  and  third  floors 
thereof,  a manila  rope  at  least  five-eighths  (%)  of  an  inch  in  diam- 
eter and  of  sufficient  length  to  reach  the  ground,  with  knots  made 
therein  not  over  fifteen  (15)  inches  apart;  said  rope  shall  be  of  suf- 
ficient strength  to  sustain  a weight  of  at  least  five  hundred  (500) 
pounds  and  shall  be  securely  fastened  as  near  as  practicable  to  a 
window  in  such  hotel,  public  lodging  or  boarding  house.  Said  rope 
shall  at  no  time  be  covered  by  curtains  or  other  obstructions  of  any 
kind,  but  shall  at  all  times  be  kept  in  plain  sight. 

It  is  further  made  the  duty  of  the  proprietor  or  keeper  of  every 
hotel,  public  lodging  or  boarding  house  of  three  (3)  or  more  stories 
in  height,  regardless  of  the  class  of  construction,  to  provide  at  least 
one  efficient  chemical  fire  extinguisher  for  every  twenty-five  hun- 
dred (2  500)  square  feet  or  less  of  floor  area,  which  extinguisher  or 
extinguishers  shall  be  placed  in  convenient  locations  in  the  public 
hallway  outside  of  the  sleeping  rooms  and  shall  always  be  kept 
charged  and  in  a proper  condition  for  use,  or  shall,  at  the  option  of 
the  proprietor  or  keeper  of  such  hotels,  public  lodging  or  boarding 
houses,  be  equipped  with  a one  and  one-fourth  (1%)  inch  stand 
pipe,  with  hose  connection  and  hose  of  sufficient  length  always  at- 
tached thereto  in  such  hallway,  which  standpipe  shall  be  supplied 
with  sufficient  water  pressure. 

Any  proprietor  or  keeper  of  a hotel,  public  lodging  or  boarding 
house  who  shall  neglect  to  comply  with  the  several  provisions  of 
this  section,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and  upon  con- 
viction, shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  five  hundred 
dollars,  and  each  day  shall  constitute  a separate  and  distinct  offense. 
Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  174.  Notice  to  jniests.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  proprietor 
or  keeper  of  every  hotel  or  public  lodging  house  to  post 
in  a conspicuous  place  in  each  room  of  such  hotel  or  public  lodging 
house,  a notice  calling  the  attention  of  the  guests  to  the  location  of 
the  exit  or  exits  to  the  exterior  stationary  stair  fire  escape,  if  there 
be  such  fire  escape,  or  the  location  of  the  rope  fire  escape  and  Its  use 
in  case  of  fire.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  175.  Lights  In  hallways — Transi>ai*ent  sign  at  fire  escape. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  keeper  or  proprietor  of  every 
hotel,  public  boarding  house,  lodging  house,  tenement  house,  apart- 

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ment  house,  of  two  or  more  stories  in  height,  to  provide  and  keep 
a light  unobstructed  by  colored  glass  in  the  common  halls  and  stair- 
ways on  each  and  every  floor.  The  location  of  every  fire  escape  at 
each  opening  on  each  floor  of  said  building  above  the  first  floor  shall 
be  designated  by  a red  transparent  sign  with  a light  therein,  and  the 
following  words  thereon,  “fire  escape”  in  letters  at  least  three  (3) 
inches  in  height.  All  of  said  lights  shall  be  kept  constantly  burning 
from  twilight  in  the  evening  until  daylight  in  the  morning  of  each 
and  every  day.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  176.  Alarm  bells — Notice.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every 
proprietor  or  keeper  of  a hotel  or  public  lodging  or 
boarding  house  more  than  three  (3)  stories  in  height  and  containing 
more  than  twenty  (20)  rooms  to  provide  one  of  the  hereinafter  men- 
tioned apparatus  for  the  alarm  of  the  guests  in  case  of  fire. 

There  shall  be  installed  in  the  corridor  of  each  floor  one  or  more 
six  (6)  inch  alarm  bells  so  arranged  that  every  room  on  such  floor 
shall  be  within  sixty  (60)  feet  of  a bell,  such  bell  or  bells  shall  be 
operated  from  the  office  with  a main  throw  switch,  or  a call  and 
return  call  annunciator  system,  controlled  from  the  office,  to  each 
room  and  from  each  room  to  the  office,  operated  with  a main  throw 
switch,  there  shall  be,  or  installed,  in  each  room  a telephone  system 
with  main  switchboard  in  the  office,  at  which  shall  be  stationed  an 
operator  continuously  on  duty  between  the  hours  of  seven  p.  m. 
until  seven  a.  m.  of  each  and  every  day  of  the  year,  who,  in  case  of 
fire  shall  cause  the  bell  in  each  room  to  ring  continuously  by  means 
of  a main  throw  switch. 

It  is  further  made  the  duty  of  the  proprietor  or  keeper  of  the 
buildings  herein  mentioned  to  post  a notice  in  a conspicuous  place 
in  each  room  calling  the  attention  to  the  system  used  for  the  pur- 
pose of  alarming  the  guests  in  case  of  fire.  Upon  any  such  alarm 
being  given,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  proprietor,  keeper  or  em- 
ployee to  use  every  possible  means  in  their  power  to  save  all  guests 
and  inmates. 

Every  proprietor  or  keeper  of  a hotel,  public  lodging  or  board- 
ing house,  who  shall  neglect  to  comply  with  any  provisions  of  this 
section,  or  any  person  who  has  control  of  a switch  or  switchboard 
as  hereinabove  described,  who  shall  neglect  his  duty,  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined 
not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  177.  Inspection — Pee  to  be  paid — License— Certificate.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  building  commissioner,  to  make 
or  cause  to  be  made  a semi-annual  inspection  of  every  hotel  or  public 
lodging  house  of  three  (3)  or  more  stories  in  height,  in  which  are 
kept  fifteen  or  more  rooms  for  hire,  for  the  accommodation  of  guests, 
to  see  that  all  of  the  requirements  of  this  ordinance  are  fully  com- 
plied with.  The  first  inspection  shall  be  made  in  the  month  of  Jan- 
uary, the  second  in  the  month  of  July  of  each  year.  If  upon  Inspec- 
tion, it  be  found  that  provisions  of  this  ordinance  have  been  com- 
plied with,  the  building  commissioner  shall  issue  his  certificate 
stating  same.  The  proprietor  or  keeper  of  every  hotel  and  public 
lodging  house  coming  within  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  pay 
the  sum  of  two  dollars  for  each  inspection  and  no  certificate  shall 
be  Issued  until  said  fee  is  paid.  The  license  commissioner  is  hereby 
prohibited  from  issuing  a license  to  any  proprietor  or  keeper  or  any 
other  person  for  the  benefit  of  any  proprietor  or  keeper  of  any  hotel 
or  public  lodging  house  coming  within  the  provisions  of  this  section, 
until  a certificate  of  compliance  shall  have  been  issued  as  herein- 
above required.  Ord.  29560. 


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Sec.  178.  Height  and  size  of  rooms.  Every  room  in  every  apart- 
ment house,  hotel,  tenement  or  lodging  house  here- 
after built,  and  every  building  hereafter  altered  to  be  used  as  such, 
shall  not  he  less  than  eight  (8)  feet  in  height  in  the  clear  in  every 
story  (except  that  in  the  attic  it  may  be  less  than  eight  (8)  feet 
high  for  not  more  than  one-half  (^)  of  the  area  of  the  room).  In 
every  new  tenement  house  all  rooms  except  kitchenette,  watercloset 
compartments  and  bathrooms  shall  be  of  the  following  minimum 
sizes.  In  each  apartment  there  shall  be  at  least  one  room  containing 
not  less  than  one  hundred  and  twenty  square  feet  of  floor  area,  and 
every  room  except  kitchenette,  water  closet  compartments  and  bath- 
rooms, shall  contain  at  least  seventy  square  feet  of  floor  area  and  not 
less  than  six  hundred  (600)  cubic  feet  of  contents.  Alcove  rooms 
shall  conform  to  all  the  requirements  of  other  rooms.  R.  C.  477. 

Sec.  179.  Windows.  Hereafter  each  room,  in  every  tenement 
house,  shall  have  at  least  one  window  opening  directly 
upon  the  street,  or  upon  an  alley,  yard  or  court,  and  the  total  area 
in  each  window,  except  for  windows  of  bathrooms  and  watercloset 
compartments  shall  he  at  least  one-eighth  (l^)  of  the  superflcial 
floor  area  of  the  room,  but  never  less  than  flfteen  square  feet  in  area 
between  the  stop  beads,  and  all  the  sash  in  each  such  window  shall 
be  so  made  and  maintained  as  to  readily  open  said  window  to  one- 
half  its  area. 

Each  bathroom  and  each  watercloset  compartment  shall  have  a 
window  opening  upon  a street,  alley,  yard  or  court.  Such  a win- 
dow shall  have  an  area  of  at  least  three  (3)  square  feet  for  each 
compartment  between  the  stop  heads,  and  the  entire  window  shall 
be  constructed  so  as  to  readily  open.  When,  however,  a bathroom 
or  watercloset  compartment  on  the  top  floor  is  lighted  and  venti- 
lated by  a skylight  over  it,  no  window  shall  be  necessary,  provided 
the  roof  of  such  skylight  contains  at  least  three  (3)  square  feet  of 
glazed  surface  and  is  so  arranged  as  to  readily  open.  Every  water- 
closet  compartment  shall  he  provided  with  proper  means  of  light  as 
required  by  this  ordinance.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  180.  Ventilating  openings  in  bedrooms.  Every  bedroom  in 
every  lodging  house,  hereafter  erected,  in  which 
there  are  gas  fixtures  or  devices,  or  outlets  for  the  attachment  of 
such  gas  fixtures  or  devices,  shall  have  ventilating  openings  at  or 
near  the  ceiling,  which  opening  shall  have  an  unobstructed  area  of 
not  less  than  one  hundred  (100)  square  inches,  or  such  greater 
area  as  shall  be  determined  by  the  building  commissioner.  These 
ventilated  openings  shall  open  into  the  public  corridors  of  such 
house;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  keeper  or  proprietor  of  every 
public  lodging  house  to  see  that  the  ventilating  openings  required 
by  this  section  are  kept  open  and  unobstructed.  All  buildings  here- 
after altered,  or  converted  to  be  used  as  lodging  houses,  shall  be 
made  to  conform  to  the  requirements  of  this  section.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  181.  Waterclosets  in  tenement  houses.  In  every  tenement 
house  hereafter  erected  or  building  converted  to  tene- 
ment house  purposes  there  shall  be,  except  as  hereinafter  provided, 
a separate  watercloset  for  each  apartment  placed  within  the  apart- 
ment or  in  a separate  compartment  with  an  area  not  less  than  two 
(2)  feet,  six  (6)  inches  wide  in  the  clear.  Said  compartment  shall 
be  enclosed  with  plastered  partitions  extending  from  the  floor  to 
the  ceiling.  But  nothing  in  this  section  shall  prevent  a watercloset 
from  being  placed  in  a bathroom  or  in  a compartment  adjoining  a 
bathroom,  provided  the  said  compartment  has  a window  opening  on 
a street,  alley,  yard  or  court  or  is  connected  with  the  bathroom  by 
a window,  containing  not  less  than  fifteen  (15)  square  feet  of  sur- 

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face,  both  sashes  of  which  shall  readily  open.  When,  howeevr, 
apartments  consist  of  one  or  more  rooms  each,  there  may  be  one 
watercloset  for  each  two  compartments,  provided  the  aggregate 
number  of  rooms  in  the  two  apartments  does  not  exceed  three,  and 
provided  further,  that  the  watercloset  is  between  or  adjacent  to  the 
apartments  and  is  not  separated  from  either  of  them  by  a public 
hallway,  and  is  accessible  to  each  of  them  without  passing  through 
a room  of  another  apartment.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  182.  Area  of  lot  occupied.  No  tenement  house  alone  or  with 
other  buildings  hereafter  erected  shall  occupy  more 
than  ninety  (90)  per  cent  of  a corner  lot,  or  more  than  sixty-five 
(65)  per  cent  of  any  other  lot;  provided,  that  the  space  occupied  by 
porches,  landings  and  stairs  shall  be  included  in  computing  the  space 
occupied  by  the  building  and  that  the  space  occupied  by  outside  fire 
escapes,  projecting  not  more  than  four  (4)  feet  shall  not  be  deemed 
a part  of  the  lot  occupied.  For  the  purpose  of  this  section,  the 
measurements  shall  be  taken  at  the  ground  level,  except  that  where 
any  building  has  a store  on  the  first  story,  and  that  story  is  or  is 
intended  to  be  occupied  for  business  purposes  only,  the  measure- 
ments as  to  percentage  of  lot  occupied  may  be  taken  at  the  level  of 
the  second  floor.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  183.  Resar  yards.  In  the  rear  of  every  tenement  house  here- 
after erected  on  an  interior  lot  there  shall  be  a yard 
not  less  than  ten  (10)  feet  in  depth,  extending  across  the  entire 
width  of  the  lot  (unless  the  rear  of  such  lot  abuts  upon  a public 
alley  at  least  flfteen  (15)  wide),  and  at  every  point  open  from  the 
ground  to  sky  unobstructed,  except  that  fire  escapes  may  project 
not  over  four  (4)  feet  from  the  rear  line  of  the  house.  Every  such 
yard  shall  be  increased  one  per  centum  of  the  superficial  area  for 
every  story  above  three  (3)  in  height  of  the  building.  The  depth 
of  the  yard  behind  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  upon  a 
corner  lot  shall  be  not  less  than  five  (5)  feet  in  every  part  for  the 
full  width  of  the  lot  (unless  the  rear  of  such  lot  abuts  upon  a public 
alley  at  least  fifteen  (15)  feet  wide).  Where  a corner  is  more  than 
fifty  (50)  feet  in  width  the  yard  for  that  portion  in  excess  of  fifty 
(50)  feet  shall  conform  to  the  provisions  for  interior  lots.  If  any 
building  is  hereafter  placed  on  the  same  lot  with  a tenement  house, 
the  space  between  the  said  buildings  shall  always  be  of  such  size 
and  arranged  in  such  manner  as  is  prescribed  for  yards  in  the  rear 
of  tenement  houses,  and  no  building  of  any  kind  shall  be  hereafter 
placed  upon  the  same  lot  with  a tenement  so  as  to  decrease  the 
minimum  size  of  yards  or  courts  as  herein  prescribed.  If  any  ten- 
ement house  is  hereafter  erected  upon  any  lot  upon  which  there 
is  already  another  building,  it  shall  comply  with  all  of  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  and  in  addition  the  space  between  the  said  building 
and  the  said  tenement  house,  shall  be  of  such  size  and  arranged  in 
such  manner  as  is  herein  prescribed;  provided,  that  the  height  of 
the  highest  building  on  the  lot  shall  regulate  the  dimensions.  Ord. 
29560. 


Sec.  184.  Courts.  All  courts  in  connection  with  tenement  houses 
hereafter  erected  unless  otherwise  hereinafter  pre- 
scribed, shall  be  at  every  point  open  to  the  sky  unobstructed;  pro- 
vided, that  fire  escapes  projecting  not  more  than  four  (4)  feet  shall 
not  be  deemed  obstructions. 

The  “Enclosed  Courts”  of  all  tenement  houses  hereafter  erected 
shall  have  areas  and  minimum  widths  in  all  parts  not  less  than  the 
widths  and  areas,  as  follows:  Two-story  buildings,  one  hundred 

(100)  square  feet  in  area,  least  width,  six  (6)  feet;  three-  story 
buildings,  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120)  square  feet  of  area,  least 
width,  seven  (7)  feet;  four-story  buildings,  one  hundred  and  sixty 

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(160)  square  feet  of  area,  least  width,  eight  (8)  feet;  five-story 
buildings,  two  hundred  and  fifty  (250)  square  feet  of  area,  least 
width  twelve  (12)  feet;  six-story  buildings,  four  hundred  (400) 
square  feet  or  area,  least  width  sixteen  (16)  feet.  For  every  story 
of  increase  above  six  (6),  the  least  width  of  enclosed  courts  shall 
be  increased  four  (4)  feet  and  the  area  shall  be  increased  not  less 
than  one  hundred  (100)  square  feet. 

“Side  Courts”  shall  have  areas  and  minimum  widths,  as  follows: 
Two-story  buildings,  sixty  (60)  square  feet  of  area,  least  width, 
five  (5)  feet;  three-story  buildings,  eighty  (80)  square  feet  of  area, 
least  width  five  (5)  feet,  six  (6)  inches;  four-story  buildings,  one 
hundred  and  twenty  (120)  square  feet  of  area,  least  width,  six  (6) 
feet;  five-story  buildings,  one  hundred  and  sixty  (160)  square  feet 
of  area,  least  width,  seven  (7)  feet;  six-story  buildings,  three  hun- 
dred (300)  square  feet  of  area,  least  width,  eight  (8)  feet.  For 
every  story  of  increase  above  six  (6),  the  least  width  of  “Side 
Courts’  shall  be  increased  not  less  than  one  foot  and  the  area  not 
less  than  one  hundred  (100)  square  feet. 

“Outer  Courts”  shall  not  have  less  than  the  following  widths  for 
their  minimum  in  all  parts;  Two-story  buildings,  least  widths,  four 
(4)  feet;  three-story  buildings,  least  widths  four  (4)  feet  six  (6) 
inches;  four-story  buildings,  least  width  five  (5)  feet;  five-story 
buildings,  least  widths  six  (6)  feet;  six-story  buildings,  least  widths 
seven  (7)  feet.  For  every  story  of  increase  above  six  (6),  the  least 
width  of  “Outer  Courts”  shall  be  increased  not  less  than  one  foot 
and  the  area  not  less  than  one  hundred  (100)  square  feet. 

“Through  Courts”  shall  have  not  less  than  the  following  widths 
for  their  minimum  in  all  parts;  Two-story  buildings,  least  widths 
three  (3)  feet;  three-story  buildings,  least  widths  four  (4)  feet; 
four-story  buildings,  least  widths  five  (5)  feet;  five-story  buildings, 
least  widths  six  (6)  feet;  six-story  buildings,  least  wirths  seven  (7) 
feet.  For  every  story  of  increase  above  six  (6)  the  least  width  of 
“Through  Courts”  shall  be  increased  not  less  than  one  foot  and  the 
area  not  less  than  one  hundred  (100)  square  feet. 

A “Shaft”  shall  be  at  every  point  open  to  the  sky  unobstructed, 
and  all  surrounding  walls  must  be  brick  walls  of  standard  thick- 
ness. The  least  minimum  width  shall  not  be  less  than  three  (3) 
feet,  and  the  area  shall  not  be  less  than  twenty-one  and  one-half 
(21Y2)  square  feet.  Where  shafts  are  on  the  lot  line  they  shall  not 
extend  below  grade.  ‘ 

If  an  “enclosed,”  “outer,”  “side,”  or  “through  court”  or  “shaft” 
has  windows  required  by  this  act  on  opposite  sides  of  same,  the 
least  widths  and  areas  given  above  shall  be  doubled  for  the  mini- 
mum widths  and  areas  and  where  the  depth  of  a court  shall  exceed 
twenty  (20)  feet,  the  court  shall  be  made  at  least  one  foot,  wider 
for  each  additional  ten  (10)  feet  or  major  fraction  thereof,  over 
twenty  (20)  feet  from  the  outer  end  of  the  court;  provided,  that 
where  the  depth  of  a “through  court”  shall  exceed  twenty  (20)  feet 
from  the  center  line  of  any  window  required  by  this  ordinance  to 
the  nearest  end  of  said  court,  the  width  of  such  court  shall  be  in- 
creased at  least  one  foot  for  every  additional  ten  (10)  feet  or  major 
fraction  thereof  in  excess  of  twenty  (20)  feet  from  the  center  line* 
of  any  window  to  the  nearest  end  of  such  court. 

All  enclosed  courts  and  shafts  shall  be  properly  graded,  con- 
creted, drained  and  connected  with  the  sewer  if  a sewer  is  found  in 
a street  or  alley  adjoining  such  premises. 

At  the  bottom  of  every  enclosed  court  or  shaft  there  shall  be  pro- 
vided'a^sufficient’meims  of  access  to  such  court  or  shaft  to  enable  it 
to  be  properly  cleaned.  Ord.  29560. 

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HY.  KUHN,  I'res’i  R.  E.  HAMMEL,  Sec’y  and  Treas. 

MISSOURI  STAIR  CO. 

4205-17  FOREST  PARK  BLVD. 

Manufacturers  of  All  Kinds  of 

STAIR  WORK 

‘ Kinloch,  Delmar  15  Bell,  Lindell  1012 

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FULL  VALUE  PRODUCTS 

Doors,  Windows,  Frames.  Moulding,  Columns,  Interior  Finish, 
etc.,  either  stock  or  to  detail ; also  Ladders,  Wall  Board,  Majestic 
Coal  Chutes,  Certain-teed  Roofing  and  Building  Specialties. 

Reliable  Service 

IMSE-SCHILLING  SASH  & DOOR  Cp. 

21st  and  Papin  Streets  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Both  Phones:  Bell,  Main  189;  Kinloch,  Victor  204 


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Sec.  185.  Buildings  used  lor  tlieatrical  or  oj>eratic  pui*poses — 
Duties— Penalties.  Every  theater  or  opera  house  or 
other  building  now  or  hereafter  used  for  theatrical  or  operatic  pur- 
poses and  having  seating  accommodation  for  one  hundred  (100)  or 
more  persons,  and  where  such  building  shall  have  seating  accommo- 
dation for  spectators  above  the  first  or  main  floor  thereof,  shall 
comply  with  all  the  requirements  of  this  section. 

All  stairways  shall  have  strong  hand  railings  on  both  sides  thereof, 
which  railings  shall  be  continuous  across  platforms  and  landings 
wherever  possible. 

All  doors  shall  open  outwardly  and  be  kept  unfastened  and  un- 
obstructed during  every  performance.  The  exit  doors  of  all  the- 
aters shall  be  provided  with  self-releasing  latches,  so  arranged  as 
to  readily  release  the  doors  by  pressure  against  them  from  the  inside, 
to  be  approved  by  the  building  commissioner.  All  exits  shall  be 
plainly  indicated  by  letters  not  less  than  four  (4)  inches  in  height, 
placed  over  every  doorway  or  passageway  leading  to  the  outside 
of  such  building  Each  exit  shall  at  all  times  be  kept  free  from 
curtains,  portieres  and  other  like  obstructions,  and  shall  be  desig- 
nated by  a red  light.  Every  theater  shall  have  an  exit  leading  from 
the  stage  into  the  street  or  alley,  not  less  than  four  (4)  feet  wide. 
There  shall  be  a clear  unobstructed  passageway  leading  from  the 
stage  and  all  dressing  rooms  to  such  exit. 

All  printed  programmes  shall  have  thereon,  a separate  plan  or 
diagram  of  each  floor  and  balcony  of  the  building,  indicating  the 
location  of  all  exits  and  passageways  leading  to  the  outside  thereof. 

All  seats,  except  those  contained  in  boxes,  shall  be  at  least  thirty 
(30)  inches  apart,  measured  from  back  to  back,  and  shall  be  firmly 
secured  to  the  floor.  No  seat  shall  have  more  than  nine  (9)  seats 
between  it  and  an  aisle,  and  no  stool  or  seat  shall  be  placed  in  any 
aisle. 

In  every  such  building  as  is  mentioned  in  this  section,  the  pros- 
cenium opening  shall  be  provided  with  a fireproof  curtain  or  a cur- 
tain of  asbestos  or  similar  fireproof  material  of  a construction  to  be 
approved  by  the  building  commissioner.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
said  building  commissioner  to  inspect  and  test  the  construction  and 
operation  of  such  fireproof  curtains  on  or  about  the  first  day  of 
September  and  the  first  day  of  January  of  each  year,  and  at  such 
other  intervals  as  shall,  in  his  opinion,  insure  their  maintenance  in  a 
good  and  efficient  condition  for  the  safety  of  the  audience;  said  cur- 
tain shall  cover  the  entire  proscenium  openings,  and  shall  be  oper- 
ated with  rings  or  snaps  sliding  on  wire  cables  and  constructed  in 
a way  to  be  approved  by  the  building  commissioner.  Said  fireproof 
curtain  shall  be  lowered  at  the  close  of  every  performance,  and 
shall  be  operated  from  the  stage  floor  by  proper  devices  for  that 
purpose.  It  shall  be  so  constructed  that  it  can  be  lowered  from  the 
fly  floors  and  the  stage;  it  shall  be  hung  on  wire  cable  or  metal  sup- 
ports to  be  approved  by  the  building  commissioner. 

All  woodwork  on  the  stage,  fly-galleries  and  rigging-lofts  shall 
be  painted  with  fireproof  paint  or  treated  with  an  approved  fire- 
resisting  material  so  as  to  be  effectually  rendered  safe  against  fire. 
The  curtains  about  the  proscenium  boxes,  and  all  draperies,  por- 
tieres and  curtains  within  the  auditorium  or  any  aisles  or  corridors 
thereof  shall  be  chemically  treated  to  make  them  less  inflammable. 
The  frame  or  woodwork  surrounding  the  canvas  scenery  used  by 
the  theater  shall  be  painted  with  fireproof  paint  and  the  reverse  or 
back  side  of  such  canvas  scenery  shall  be  treated  with  an  approved 
fire-resisting  material. 


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The  use  of  scenery  painted  with  oil  is  prohibited;  the  use  of 
calcium  lime  lights,  is  likewise  prohibited,  except  on  the  stage  floor. 
Whenever  the  building  commissioner  shall  be  satisfied  that  in  any 
theatrical  or  operatic  performance  an  extra  hazard  of  Are  will  exist 
by  reason  of  the  employment  of  large  quantities  of  scenery,  nets, 
ropes,  lights,  and  other  inflammable  material,  he  shall  order  such 
scenery  and  lights  arranged  in  such  a manner  as  will  reduce  the 
hazard  to  a minimum  degree. 

A practical  water  curtain  shall  be  installed  in  every  theatre,  which 
shall  be  composed  of  stand  pipes  on  each  side  of  the  proscenium 
arch,  and  a lateral  pipe  running  horizontally  over  the  arch,  con- 
trolled by  hand  valves  from  either  side  of  the  stage  and  so  arranged 
as  to  discharge  a sheet  of  water  back  of  the  fireproof  curtain. 

The  proscenium  walls  and  arches  of  all  theatres,  now  in  use,  if 
built  of  wood,  shall  be  lined  with  asbestos  paper,  covered  with  metal 
lath  and  plastered  with  cement  plaster,  or  covered  with  sheet  metal. 

All  doors  leading  from  stage  to  the.  auditorium  shall  be  metal 
clad  doors. 

All  passageways,  stairways  and  corridors  throughout  all  theatres 
shall  be  supplied  with  a supplementary  lighting  system  of  elec- 
tricity, gas  or  sperm  oil,  to  be  approved  by  the  building  commis- 
sioner, and  such  system  shall  be  independent  of  all  other  lights  in 
such  buildings  and  shall  be  in  operation  during  the  entire  time 
such  theatre  is  open  to  the  public  and  until  the  audience  has  left 
the  building. 

All  theatres  shlill  be  provided  with  standard  fire  alarm  box,  con- 
nected by  the  necessary  wires  with  the  headquarters  of  the  city 
fire  alarm  telegraph;  the  same  shall  be  in  an  accessible  place  in  the 
stage,  and  shall  be  designated  by  a red  light. 

The  building  commissioner  and  his  respective  assistants  shall  have 
the  right  to  enter  any  theatre  and  any  and  all  parts  thereof  at  any 
reasonable  time,  especially  when  occupied  by  the  public,  in  order  to 
determine  the  existing  conditions  and  discharge  their  respective 
duties;  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  refuse  admission 
to  such  officers  or  throw  obstacles  in  the  way  of  such  officers  while 
engaged  in  the  performance  of  their  duties. 

There  shall  be  no  opening  in  the  proscenium  wall  above  the  audi- 
torium ceiling,  and  where  this  space  is  not  now  inclosed  it  shall  be 
inclosed  with  metal  lath  and  plaster  or  other  approved  fireproof 
materials. 

There  shall  be  provided  over  the  stage,  metal  skylights  of  a com- 
bined area  equal  to  one-tenth  (1/10)  of  the  area  of  the  stage,  and 
glazed  with  glass  not  exceeding  one-eighth  of  an  inch  in  thick- 

ness, and  each  light  thereof  shall  measure  not  less  than  three  hun- 
dred (300)  square  inches;  the  whole  of  each  such  skylight  shall 
be  so  constructed  as  to  open  instantly  upon  the  cutting  or  burning 
of  a cord  fastened  to  the  floor  at  the  rear  side  of  the  stage,  or  the 
melting  of  a fusible  link,  which  shall  be  arranged  to  hold  such 
skylight  closed,  or  some  other  equally  simple  approved  device  may 
be  provided  for  their  opening  automatically  in  case  of  fire  on  the 
stage,  and,  as  an  extra  precaution,  shall  be  so  arranged  that  they 
may  be  instantly  thrown  open  by  means  of  a strong  wire  cable 
reaching  therefrom  to  the  stage  floor  or  by  some  equally  effective 
device  which  may  be  approved  by  the  building  commissioner.  All 
such  skylights  shall  have  securely  suspended  below  the  glass  a 
strong  wire  netting  constructed  of  wire  not  less  than  number  ten 
(10)  gauge,  and  of  a mesh  not  larger  than  one  inch.  In  case  where 
it  is  impracticable  to  construct  such  skylights  as  are  herein  de- 
scribed, it  shall  be  permissible  to  provide,  in  lieu  thereof,  ventilating 
openings  in  the  walls  above  the  stage,  at  such  locations  and  of  such 

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C.  F.  SMITH,  President 

E.  A.  KOENEMAN,  Vice-President 
ji.  P.  ALLISON,  Secretary 
F.  B.  ADAM,  Treasurer 

W.  C.  BURTON,  Sergeant-at-Arms 

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Eclipse  Electric  Co 1224  Pine  St. 

Guarantee  Electric  Co ^..1305  Pine  St. 

E.  A.  Koeneman  Electric  Co 1420  Pine  St. 

F.  E.  Newbery  Electric  Co 642  Century  Bldg. 

Siemers-Marshall  Engineering  Co 420  Wainwright  Bldg. 

Chas.  J.  Sutter 1220  Pine  St. 

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gize  and  construction  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  building  commis- 
sioner; such  ventilating  openings  shall  be  so  arranged  as  to  open  in 
the  same  manner  as  skylights  above  the  stage.  R.  C.  479. 

Sec.  186.  Standpipe  and  fire  apparatus.  In  every  building  com- 
ing within  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  section  there 
shall  be  provided  standpipes,  two  and  one-half  inches  in  diameter 
and  located,  as  follows:  One  on  each  side  of  the  stage,  and  one  on 

each  side  of  the  auditorium.  Hose  connections  for  these  stand- 
pipes shall  be  provided  on  every  tier  and  gallery  level,  as  well  as 
below  the  stage,  and  at  least  one  in  the  property  room,  and  one  in 
the  carpenter  shop,  if  the  same  be  contiguous  to  the  building.  These 
standpipes  shall  be  kept  clear  from  obstructions  of  any  kind,  and 
shall  be  separate  and  distinct,  and  each  receive  its  supply  of  water 
direct  from  the  water  main.  Each  said  standpipe  shall  be  fitted 
with  regulation  couplings  of  the  fire  department,  and  shall  be  kept 
filled  with  water  under  pressure,  and  ready  for  immediate  use  during 
a performance  in  said  building.  Each  standpipe  shall  be  provided 
with  hose  of  sufficient  length  fitted  with  regulation  couplings  and 
nozzle  attached  thereto;  provided,  further,  that  each  hose  shall  have 
a wrench  at  each  outlet,  which  shall  always  be  kept  attached  to  the 
hose  attachment.  There  shall  also  be  kept  in  proper  position  for 
immediate  use  on  the  stage,  and  each  gallery,  at  least  two  barrels 
filled  with  water.  Each  barrel  shall  be  provided  with  two  buckets. 
Said  barrels  and  buckets  shall  be  painted  red.  There  shall  also  be 
provided  such  other  portable  fire  extinguishing  apparatus  as  may 
be  required  by  the  building  commissioner  in  accordance  with  this 
ordinance.  On  each  tier  or  floor  of  the  stage,  there  shall  be  kept  at 
least  two  axes,  two  twenty-foot  hooks,  two  fifteen-foot  hooks,  and 
two  ten-foot  hooka.  R.  C.  580. 

Sec.  187.  Regulation  of  lights.  Every  part  of  a building  used 
for  the  purposes  mentioned  in  section  185,  and  all  out- 
lets leading  to  the  outside  of  each  building  Including  open  courts 
and  corridors,  shall  be  well  lighted  during  each  performance  and 
until  the  entire  audience  has  left  the  premises.  All  gas  and  electric 
lights  in  the  halls,  corridors,  lobby  or  any  part  of  said  building  used 
by  the  audience,  except  the  auditorium,  shall  be  controlled  by  a sep- 
arate shut-off,  located  in  the  front  portion  of  the  building  and  con- 
trolled only  from  that  particular  place.  Gas  mains  supplying  the 
building  shall  have  independent  connections  for  the  auditorium  and 
stage,  and  provisions  shall  be  made  for  shutting  off  the  gas  from 
the  outside  of  the  building.  All  Interior  gas  lights  shall  be  lighted 
by  electricity  or  other  suitable  appliances.  All  suspended  or  bracket 
lights  surrounded  by  glass  globes  or  shades  in  the  auditorium  or  in 
any  part  of  the  building  devoted  to  the  public  shall  be  provided  with 
proper  wire  netting  underneath.  No  gas  or  electric  light  shall  be 
inserted  in  the  wall,  woodwork,  ceilings  or  in  any  part  of  the  build- 
ing, unless  protected  by  fireproof  materials.  All  lights  in  passages 
and  corridors  in  said  building  shall  be  protected  with  proper  wire 
network.  Where  gas  foot  lights  are  used  they  shall  be  effectually 
guarded  with  wire  network,  and  shall  be  protected  with  strong 
metal  guards,  not  less  than  two  (2)  feet  distant  from  said  foot- 
lights, and  the  trough  containing  said  footlights  shall  be  formed  of 
and  surrounded  by  fireproof  material.  All  border,  ceiling  or  other 
lights  on  or  over  the  stage  shall  be  incandescent  electric.  All  ducts 
or  shafts  used  for  conducting  heated  air  from  the  main  chandelier 
or  from  any  other  light  or  lights  shall  be  constructed  of  fireproof 
materials.  All  lights  on  the  stage  side  of  the  proscenium  wall  In 
dressing  rooms,  store  rooms,  and  other  places,  other  than  incandes- 
cent electric  lights,  shall  have  strong  metal  wire  guards  or  screens 
not  less  than  ten  (10)  inches  in  diameter,  so  constructed  that  any 

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material  in  contact  therewith  shall  be  out  of  reach  of  the  flames 
»of  said  lights,  and  shall  be  rigidly  attached  to  the  fixtures  in  all 
cases.  R.  C.  481. 

Sec.  188.  Construction  of  new  theatres.  Every  new  theatre  or 
opera  house,  or  other  building  intended  to  be  used  for 
theatrical  or  operatic  purposes,  or  for  public  entertainment  of  any 
kind,  where  stage  scenery  and  apparatus  are  employed,  hereafter 
erected,  shall  be  built  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  this 
ordinance.  No  building  which,  at  the  time  of  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance,  was  not  in  actual  use  for  theatrical  or  operatic  purposes, 
and  no  building,  hereafter  erected,  not  in  conformity  with  the  re- 
quirements of  this  ordinance,  and  having  space  for  the  accommo- 
dation of  one  hundred  (100)  or  more  persons,  and  having  seats  for 
the  acocmmodation  of  spectators  above  the  first  or  main  floor 
thereof,  shall  be  used  for  theatrical  or  operatic  purposes  or  for 
public  entertainments  of  any  kind,  where  stage  scenery  or  apparatus 
are  employed,  until  the  same  shall  have  been  made  to  conform  to 
the  requirements  of  this  ordinance.  If  any  change,  alterations  or 
improvements  are  made  in  the  structural  supports,  or  inclosures, 
or  in  any  approaches  to  or  exits  from,  or  in  the  seating  of  any 
existing  building  to  be  used  wholly  or  in  part  for  public  entertain- 
ments in  connection  with  which  stage  scenery  or  apparatus  is  used, 
such  changes,  alterations  or  improvements  shall  be  made  in  such 
manner  as  shall  conform  to  the  requirements  of  this  ordinance,  re- 
lating to  new  theatres.  R.  C.  482. 

Sec.  189.  New  theatres — Entrances  and  exits — Other  regulations. 

Every  building  such  as  is  designated  in  section  188, 
of  this  ordinance,  shall  have  at  least  one  front  on  a street  or  alley 
and  in  such  front  there  shall  be  suitable  means  of  entrances  and 
exits  for  the  audience  as  hereinafter  provided.  In  addition  to  the 
aforesaid  entrances  and  exits  on  the  street  or  alley  there  shall  be 
reserved  for  service  in  case  of  an  emergency  an  open  court  or  space 
on  the  side  not  bordering  on  the  street  or  alley,  where  said  building 
is  located  on  a corner  lot,  and  on  both  sides  of  said  building  where 
there  is  but  one  frontage  on  the  street.  The  width  of  such  open 
court  or  courts  shall  not  be  less  than  seven  (7)  feet  where  the  seat- 
ing capacity  is  not  over  one  thousand  (1,000)  peopie,  nor  less  than 
eight  (8)  feet  in  width  for  a seating  capacity  above  one  thousand 
(1,000)  people.  Said  court  or  courts  shall  begin  on  a line  with  or 
near  the  proscenium  wall,  and  shall  extend  the  length  of  the  audi- 
torium proper,  to  or  near  the  wall  separating  the  same  from  the  en- 
trance, lobby  or  vestibule.  A separate  and  distinct  corridor  or  corri- 
dors shall  continue  to  the  street  or  alley  from  each  open  court, 
through  such  superstructure  as  may  be  built  on  the  street  or  alley 
side  of  the  auditorium,  with  continuous  walls  of  brick  or  fireproof 
materials  on  each  side.  The  entire  length  of  said  corridor  or  corri- 
dors shall  not  be  reduced  in  width,  and  the  said  width  shall  be  in  the 
clear  of  any  projections  in  the  walls  of  the  same.  The  outer  openings 
shall  be  provided  with  doors  or  gates  opening  toward  the  street. 
During  the  performance,  the  doors  or  gates  in  the  corridors  shall  be 
* kept  open.  The  said  open  courts  or  corridors  shall  not  be  used  for 
storage  purposes  or  for  any  purpose  whatsoever,  except  for  exit  and 
entrance  from  and  to  the  auditorium  and  stage,  and  shall  be  kept 
clear  and  free  during  performances.  The  level  of  said  corridors 
at  the  front  entrance  to  the  building  shall  not  be  greater  than 
one  step  above  the  level  of  the  sidewalk  where  they  begin  at  the 
street  or  alley  entrances.  The  entrance  to  the  main  front  of  the 
building  shall  not  be  on  a higher  level  from  the  sidewalk  than  four 
(4)  steps.  To  overcome  any  difference  of  level  which  may  exist 
between  the  exits  from  the  parquet  into  courts  and  the  level  of  the 
said  corridors,  inclined  planes  shall  be  employed  where  the  gradients 

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are  not  over  one  foot  in  ten  (10)  feet;  in  all  other  cases  steps  shall 
be  employed.  From  the  auditorium  opening  into  the  open  court  on 
the  side  street  or  alley,  there  shall  not  be  less  than  one  exit  on  each 
side  in  each  tier  from  and  including  the  parquet,  and  each  and  every 
gallery.  Every  exit  shall  be  at  least  five  (5)  feet  in  width  in  the 
clear.  All  of  said  doors  shall  open  outwardly,  and  must  be  fastened 
as  prescribed  in  section  185,  of  this  ordinance.  There  shall  be  bal- 
conies not  less  than  four  (4)  feet  in  width  in  the  side  court  or 
courts  at  each  level  or  tier  above  the  parquet  on  each  side  of  the 
auditorium,  of  sufficient  length  to  embrace  the  exits,  and  from  said 
balconies  there  shall  be  staircases  extending  to  the  ground  level, 
with  a rise  of  not  over  eight  and  one-half  inches  to  a step,  and  not 
less  than  nine-inch  tread  exclusive  of  the  nosing.  The  staircases 
from  the  upper  balcony  to  the  next  below  shall  not  be  less  than 
three  feet  in  width  in  the  clear,  and  from  the  first  balcony  to  the 
ground,  four  (4)  feet  in  width  in  the  clear,  where  the  seating  ca- 
pacity of  the  auditorium  is  for  one  thousand  people  or  less,  and 
increasing  in  width  at  the  rate  of  six  inches  for  every  increase  in 
seating  capacity  of  two  hundred  (200)  or  less.  All  of  the  before 
mentioned  balconies  and  staircases  shall  be  constructed  of  steel  or 
iron  throughout,  including  the  fioors,  and  of  ample  strength  to  sus- 
tain the  load  to  be  carried  by  them;  they  shall  be  covered  with  a 
metal  hood  or  awning;  where  one  side  of  the  building  borders  on 
the  street  or  alley  there  shall  be  balconies  and  staircases  of  like 
capacity  and  kind  as  before  mentioned,  extending  to  the  ground. 
When  located  on  a corner  lot,  that  portion  of  the  premises  bordering 
on  the  side  street  and  not  required  for  the  use  of  the  theatre  may 
be  used  for  offices,  stores  and  apartments,  provided  the  walls  sep- 
arating this  portion  from  the  theatre  proper  are  carried  up  solidly 
to  and  through  the  roof,  and  that  a fireproof  exit  is  provided  for 
the  theatre  on  each  tier,  equal  to  the  combined  exits  opening  on 
opposite  sides  of  each  tier,  communicating  with  balconies  and  stair- 
cases leading  to  the  street  or  alley  in  such  manner  as  provided  else- 
where in  this  section;  said  exit  passage  shall  be  entirely  cut  off  by 
brick  walls  from  said  offices,  stores  or  apartments,  and  the  fioors  and 
ceilings  in  each  tier  shall  be  fire-proof.  Nothing  herein  contained 
shall  prevent  a roof  garden,  art  gallery,  or  rooms  being  placed 
above  a theatre  or  public  building,  provided  the  fioors  of  the  same 
forming  a-  roof  over  such  theatre  or  building  shall  be  constructed 
of  iron  or  steel  and  fire-proof  materials,  and  that  each  floor  shall 
have  no  covering  boards  or  sleepers  of  wood,  but  be  of  tile  or  ce- 
ment. Every  roof  over  said  garden  or  rooms  shall  have  all  supports 
and  rafters  of  iron  or  steel,  and  be  covered  with  glass  or  fire-proof 
material,  or  both.  Such  roof  gardens,  art  galleries  or  rooms  shall 
have  exits  of  widths  proportioned  to  their  seating  capacity  as  herein 
provided  for  theatres.  R.  C.  483. 

Sec.  190.  New  Theatres — Interior  construction.  The  moulded 
frame  around  the  proscenium  opening  shall  be  formed 
entirely  of  fireproof  material.  If  metal  be  used,  the  metal  shall 
be  filled  in  solid  with  non-combustible  material  and  securely  an- 
chored to  the  wall  . The  proscenium  opening  shall  be  provided 
with  a fire-proof  asbestos  curtain  as  is  provided  in  section  185. 
The  proscenium  curtains  shall  be  placed  at  least  three  (3)  feet  dis- 
tant from  the  footlights  at  the  nearest  point.  All  doorways  or  open- 
ings through  the  proscenium  wall  from  the  auditorium,  in  every 
tier,  shall  have  standard  fire  doors  on  each  face  of  the  wall,  and 
the  doors  hung  so  as  to  be  opened  from  either  side  at  all  times. 
There  shall  be  no  openings  in  the  proscenium  fire  walls  above  the 
level  of  the  auditorium  ceiling.  Direct  access  to  these  doors  shall 
be  provided  on  both  sides,  and  the  same  shall  always  be  kept  free 
from  obstruction. 


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J.  E.  Bright,  Imperial  Laundry  Co.,  4701  Delmar  Ave. 

J.  W.  Chennell,  Hunger  Laundry  Co.,  2310  Washington  Ave. 

Theo.  Crusius,  Edw.  G.  Becht  Laundry  Co.,  3301  Bell  Ave. 

G.  A.  Doering,  Standard  Steam  Laundry  Co.,  7110  South  Broadway. 

Robt.  P.  Dunn,  M.  T.  Dunn,  G.  M.  Johnston,  West  End  Laundry  Co.,  4325  Fin- 
ney Ave. 

R.  N.  Emerson,  Anchor  Laundry  Co.,  2019  Lucas  Ave. 

Milton  G.  Fink,  Maplewood  Laundry  Co.,  7321  Manchester  Ave.,  Maplewood,  Mo. 
Justin  T.  Flint,  Manhattan  Laundry  Co.,  42.30  Finney  Ave. 

C.  J.  Free,  Free  Laundry  Co.,  5576  Easton  Ave. 

E.  M.  Caddis,  Alton  Laundry  Co.,  Alton,  111. 

Geo.  Glassbrenner,  Delmar  Laundry  Co.,  2601  Ohio  Ave. 

E.  W.  Glauber,  Colonial  Laundry  Co.,  4016  Olive  St. 

J.  B.  Hartman,  Model  Laundry  Co.,  Tenth  and  St.  Clair  Ave.,  East  St.  Louis,  111. 
J.  G.  Hartman,  Progress  Laundry  Co.,  1800  State  St.,  E.  St.  Louis,  111. 

G.  A.  Hase,  3868  De  Tonty  St. 

A.  Heisel,  Heisel  Laundry  Co.,  3125  Magnolia  Ave. 

F.  H.  Hoffman,  N.  G.  Weismiller,  National  Laundry,  3401  Laclede  Ave. 

B.  T.  Kearns,  Geo.  W.  Burley,  Leader  Laundry  Co.,  2315  Texas  Ave. 

A.  C.  Wirth,  Peerless  Laundry  Co.,  2135  Clark  Ave. 

E.  M.  Woolger,  Monarch  Laundry  Co.,  2719  Franklin  Ave. 

F.  G.  Zachritz,  Old  St.  Louis  Laundry  Co.,  1040  Victor  St. 

J.  N.  Barthelmas,  3515  S.  Second  St. 

T.  P.  Chapman,  B.  J.  Graham,  Chapman  Paper  Co.,  321  N.  Second  St. 

Irwin  L.  Cheney,  Reeves  & Skinner  Machinery  Co.,  2211  Olive  St. 

W.  Dietz,  Whitelaw  Bros.  Chemical  Co.,  316  S.  Commercial  St. 

Col.  L.  C.  Dyer,  Chemical  Bldg. 

Otto  Eisenhardt,  3635  Humphrey  St. 

Emil  Gaertner,  905  N.  Twentieth  St. 

John  W.  Higgins,  H.  Kohnstamm  & Co.,  11-13  E.  Illinois  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Lee  F.  Mitchell,  H.  Kohnstamm  & Co.,  720  N.  Eleventh  St. 

J.  A.  Hurster,  1944  Louisiana  Ave. 

David  Jones,  Armour  & Co.,  2030  Clark  Ave. 

A.  E.  Padden,  Graham  Paper  Co.,  Eleventh  and  Spruce  Sts. 

C.  J.  Rohman,  American  Laundry  Machinery  Co.,  Syndicate  Trust  Bldg. 

Geo.  Schrader,  Troy  Laundry  Machinery  Co.,  Twenty-third  and  La  Salle  Sts., 
Chicago,  lU. 

Harry  Seligstein,  Acme  Paper  Box  Co.,  Second  and  Lucas  Ave. 

R.  C.  Sutton,  H.  Schenkel,  Wm.  Waltke  Soap  Co.,  E.  Grand  and  Second  St. 
Ralph  Kelfer,  New  Mercantile  Laundry  Co.,  3319  Market  St. 

W.  F.  Klaus,  P.  J.  Holloran,  Holloran-Klaus  Co.,  1517  Clark  Ave. 

W.  R.  Lageman,  Model  Laundry  Co.,  2907  Pine  St. 

C.  A.  Lange,  Henry  Renz,  C.  A.  Lange  Laundry  Co.,  2004  S.  Jefferson  Ave. 

Carl  P.  Lay,  Banner  Laundry  Co.,  100  S.  Jefferson  Ave. 

L.  I.  Lockwood,  Anderson  Family  Laundry,  4939  McPherson  Ave. 

G.  Michler,  South  Side  Laundry,  1412  S.  Broadway. 

F.  C.  Miller,  F.  C.  Miller  Laimdry  Co.,  2747  Laclede  Ave. 

J.  L.  Munger,  W.  J.  Mahon,  Westminster  Laundry  Co.,  4115  Olive  St. 

Otto  Oerter,  Compton  Heights  Laundry  Co.,  2719  Park  Ave. 

M.  R.  Orthwein,  Theo.  Klages,  Superior  Laundry  Co.,  1745  S.  Eighteenth  St. 

D.  L.  Parrish,  A.  F.  Williamson,  Parrish’s  Laundry  Co.,  3126  Olive  St. 

H.  H.  Quynn,  A.  P.  Goldrick,  Grand  Laundry  Co.,  3040  Lawton  Ave. 

C.  D.  l^binson.  New  American  Laundry,  2039  Morgan  St. 

Chester  Ph.  Schaum,  Excelsior  Laundry  Co.,  1012  N.  Grand  Ave. 

Geo.  J.  Textor,  Home  Laundry  Co.,  4300  Finney  Ave. 

A.  E.  Thiesmeyer,  Western  Laundry  Co.,  1211  S.  Seventh  St. 

J.  T.  Truitt,  J.  T.  Truitt’s  Laundry  Co.,  2300  Walnut  St. 

August  Voss,  6115  Cabanne  Ave. 

E.  E.  Weckler,  Aalco  Laundry  Co.,  3700  Olive  St. 

J.  F.  Weinert,  R.  L.  Weinert,  Broadway  Laundry  Co.,  615  Barton  St. 

S.  M.  Wagner,  Gordan  L.  Reis,  Wagner  & Reis  Com.  Co.,  619  N.  Eighth  St. 

E.  A.  Zott,  T.  M.  Walden,  J.  B.  Ford  Co.,  1851  Railway  Exohange  Bldg. 

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Iron  ladders  securely  fixed  to  the  wall,  on  the  stage  side,  shall  be 
provided  to  overcome  any  difference  of  level  existing  between  the 
floor  or  galleries  on  the  stage  side  of  the  fire  wall  and  those  of  the 
side  of  the  auditorium.  There  shall  he  over  the  stage  metal  sky- 
lights, as  provided  in  section  185.  All  that  portion  of  the  stage 
not  occupied  in  the  working  of  scenery,  traps  or  other  mechanical 
apparatus  for  the  presentation  of  the  scene,  usually  equal  to  the 
width  of  the  proscenium  opening,  shall  be  built  of  iron  or  steel 
beams,  filled  in  between  with  fire-proof  materials,  and  all  girders 
for  the  support  of  said  beams  shall  be  of  wrought  iron  or  rolled 
steel.  The  fly  galleries  entire,  including  floor  and  pin  rails,  shall 
be  constructed  of  incombustible  material,  and  no  wooden  boards 
or  sleepers  shall  be  used  as  a covering  over  beams,  but  the  floor 
shall  be  entirely  fireproof,  the  rigging  loft  shall  be  constructed 
of  incombustible  material,  including  the  floor  covering  of  the  same. 
All  woodwork  on  and  above  the  stage  and  stage  scenery  shall  be 
treated  to  become  Are-resisting,  as  prescribed  in  section  185,  of 
this  ordinance.  The  roof  over  the  auditorium  and  the  entire  main 
floor  of  the  auditorium  and  vestibule,  also  the  entire  floor  of  the 
second  floor  of  the  front  superstructure,  over  the  entrance  lobby 
and  corridors,  and  all  galleries  in  the  auditorium  shall  be  con- 
structed of  iron  or  steel  and  fire-proof  material,  not  including  the 
use  of  wooden  floor  boards,  and  the  necessary  sleepers  to  fasten  the 
same  to,  but  such  sleepers  shall  not  be  timbers  of  support.  The  front 
of  each  gallery  shall  be  formed  of  fireproof  material.  The  ceiling 
of  the  auditorium  shall  be  formed  of  fireproof  material.  All  lathing, 
wherever  used,  shall  be  of  metal.  The  partitions  in  that  portion 
of  the  building  which  contains  the  auditorium,  the  entrance  vesti- 
bule, and  every  room  and  passage  devoted  to  the  use  of  the  audi- 
ence, shall  be  constructed  of  fireproof  material,  including  the  fur- 
ring of  outside  or  other  walls.  None  of  the  walls  or  ceilings  shall  be 
covered  with  wood  sheathing,  canvas  or  other  combustible  materials, 
but  this  shall  not  exclude  the  use  of  wood  wainscoting  to  a height  not 
to  exceed  six  (6)  feet.  The  walls  separating  the  actors’  dressing  room 
from  the  stage  and  the  partition  dividing  the  dressing  room,  togeth- 
er with  the  partitions  of  every  passageway,  from  the  same  to  the 
stage,  shall  be  constructed  of  fireproof  material;  all  doors  in  any  of 
said  partitions  shall  be  standard  Are  doors.  All  the  shelving  and 
cupboards  in  each  and  every  dressing  room,  property  room,  or  other 
storage  rooms,  shall  be  constructed  of  metal,  slate  of  fireproof  mate- 
rials. Dressing  rooms  may  be  placed  in  fly  galleries,  provided  that 
proper  exits  are  secured  therefrom  to  fire  escapes  in  the  open  courts 
and  that  the  partitions  and  other  matters  pertaining  to  dressing 
rooms  shall  conform  to  the  requirements  herein  contained,  but  the 
stairs  leading  to  same  shall  be  fireproofed.  R.  C.  487. 

Sec.  191.  New  theatres,  interior  fire  walls.  Interior  walls  built 
of  fireproof  material  shall  separate  the  auditorium 
from  the  entrance  vestibule,  and  from  any  room  or  rooms  over  the 
same;  also  from  any  lobbies,  corridors,  refreshment  or  other  rooms. 
The  openings  in  walls  to  all  staircases  shall  be  the  full  width  of 
said  staircases.  R.  C.  485. 

Sec.  192.  New  Theatres — Ibroscenium  wall  and  openings.  A fire 
wall  built  of  brick,  and  of  the  thickness  as  provided  in 
this  ordinance  for  walls  of  buildings  of  the  first  class,  shall  separate 
the  auditorium  from  the  stage,  and  the  same  shall  extend  at  least 
four  (4)  feet  above  the  stage  roof  or  the  auditorium  roof,  if  the 
latter  be  the  higher,  and  shall  be  coped.  Above  the  proscenium 
opening  there  shall  be  an  iron  girder  covered  with  fireproof  material. 
Should  there  be  constructed  an  orchestra  over  the  stage  above  the 
proscenium  the  said  orchestra  shall  be  placed  on  the  auditorium  side 
of  the  Wvall.  R.  C.  4 86. 


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Sec.  193.  New  theatres — Work  shops,  storage  and  property 
rooms.  Hereafter  no  workshop,  storage  or  general 
property  room  shall  be  constructed  above  the  auditorium  or  stage, 
or  under  the  same,  or  in  any  of  the  fly  galleries.  All  of  said  rooms 
or  shops  may  be  located  in  the  rear  or  at  the  side  of  the  stage,  but 
in  such  cases  they  shall  be  separated  from  the  stage  by  a brick  wall, 
and  the  openings  leading  into  said  portion  shall  have  standard  fire- 
proof doors  on  each  side  of  the  openings,  hung  to  iron  eyes  built  in 
the  wall.  No  store  room  or  rooms  contained  in  a theatre  building, 
or  the  offices,  stores  or  apartments  adjoining  as  aforesaid,  shall  be 
let  or  used  for  carrying  on  any  business  or  dealing  in  any  articles 
commonly  known  as  specially  hazardous.  R.  C.  484. 

Sec.  194.  New  theatres — ^Aisles,  doors  and  passages.  All  seats 
in  the  auditorium,  excepting  those  contained  in  boxes, 
shall  be  firmly  secured  to  the  floor,  and  no  seat  in  the  auditorium 
shall  have  more  than  nine  (9)  seats  between  it  and  an  aisle  on 
either  side,  and  no  stool  or  seat  shall  be  placed  in  any  aisle.  All 
platforms  in  galleries  formed  to  receive  the  seats  shall  not  be  more 
than  twenty-one  (21)  inches  in  height  or  riser,  nor  less  than  thirty 
(30)  inches,  width  of  platform.  All  aisles  on  the  respective  floors  of 
the  auditroium  having  seats  on  both  sides  of  same,  shall  not  be  less 
than  two  (2)  feet  six  (6)  inches  wide  where  they  begin,  and  shall  be 
increased  in  width  towards  the  exits  in  the  ratio  of  two  (2)  inches 
to  five  (5)  running  feet.  There  shall  be  an  aisle  three  (3)  feet  wide 
on  each  side  of  the  auditorium,  along  the  exterior  wall  thereof,  ex- 
tending from  the  stage  to  the  foyer.  The  aggregate  capacity  of  the 
foyers,  lobbies,  corridors,  passages  and  rooms  for  the  use  of  the 
audience,  not  including  the  aisle  space  between  seats,  shall,  on  each 
gallery  or  floor,  be  sufficient  to  contain  one-fourth  (i^)  of  the  entire 
number  to  be  accommodated  on  said  floor  or  gallery,  in  the  ratio  of 
one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  superficial  feet  of  floor  room  for  every 
one  hundred  persons.  Gradients  or  inclined  plans  shall  be  em- 
ployed instead  of  steps,  where  possil)le,  to  overcome  slight  differ- 
ence of  level,  in  or  between  aisles,  corridors  and  passages,  but  no 
such  gradient  shall  exceed  a rise  of  more  than  one  foot  in  ten. 
Every  theatre,  such  as  is  mentioned  in  section  188,  shall  have  at 
least  two  (2)  exits;  these  exits  not  referring  to  or  including  the  exits 
to  the  open  courts  at  the  side  of  the  theatre.  Doorways  of  exit  or 
entrance  for  the  use  of  the  public  shall  not  be  less  than  five  (5)  feet 
in  width,  and  for  every  additional  one  hundred  persons  or  portions 
thereof  above  three  hundred  accommodated,  an  aggregate  of  twenty 
(20)  inches  additional  exit  width  must  be  allowed.  All  doors  of 
exit  or  entrance  shall  open  outwardly,  and  be  hung  to  swing  in 
such  a manner  as  not  to  become  an  obstruction  in  a passage  or 
corridor;  and  no  such  doors  shall  be  closed  or  locked  during  any 
representation,  or  when  the  building  is  open  to  the  public.  Dis- 
tinct and  separate  places  of  exit  and  entrance  shall  be  provided 
for  each  gallery  above  the  first.  A common  place  of  exit  or  en- 
trance may  serve  for  the  main  floor  of  the  auditorium  and  the  first 
gallery,  provided  its  capacity  be  equal  to  the  aggregate  capacity  of 
the  outlets  from  the  main  floor  and  the  said  gallery.  No  passage 
leading  to  any  stairway  communicating  with  any  entrance  or  exit 
shall  be  less  than  four  (4)  feet  in  width  in  any  part  thereof.  R.  C. 
488. 

Sec.  19.5.  New  theatres — Sluirways.  All  stairs  within  the  build- 
ing shall  be  constructed  of  fireproof  material  through- 
out. Stairways  serving  for  exit  of  one  hundred  people  must,  if 
straight,  be  at  least  four  (4)  feet  wide  between  railings,  and,  if 
curved  or  winding,  five  (5)  feet  wide,  and  for  every  additional  hun- 
dred people  to  be  accommodated  six  (G)  inches  must  be  added  to 
their  width.  In  no  case  shall  the  risers  of  any  inside  stairs  ex- 

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ceed  seven  and  one-half  (7Y2)  inches  in  height,  nor  shall  the  treads, 
exclusive  of  nosings,  be  less  than  ten  and  one-half  inches 

wide  in  straight  stairs.  In  circular  or  winding  stairs  the  width  of 
the  tread  at  the  narrowest  end  shall  not  be  less  than  seven  (7) 
inches.  Where  the  seating  capacity  is  for  more  than  one  thousand 
people  there  shall  be  at  least  two  independent  staircases,  with  direct 
exterior  outlet  provided  for  each  gallery  in  the  auditorium  where 
there  are  not  more  than  two  galleries,  and  the  same  shall  be  located 
on  opposite  sides  of  said  gallery.  Where  there  are  more  than  two 
galleries  one  or  more  additional  staircases  shall  be  provided,  the 
outlets  from  which  shall  communicate  directly  with  the  principal 
exit  or  other  exterior  outlet.  All  said  staircases  shall  be  of  width 
proportioned  to  the  seating  capacity  as  elsewhere  herein  prescribed. 
Where  the  seating  capacity  is  for  one  thousand  people  or  less  two 
direct  lines  of  inside  staircases  only  shall  be  required,  located  on 
opposite  sides  of  the  galleries  and  in  both  cases  shall  extend  from 
the  sidewalk  level  to  the  upper  gallery,  with  outlets  from  each  gal- 
lery to  each  side  of  said  staircases.  At  least  two  independent  inside 
staircases,  with  direct  exterior  outlets,  shall  also  be  provided  for  the 
service  of  the  stage,  and  shall  be  located  on  opposite  sides  of  the 
same.  Where  straight  stairs  return  directly  on  themselves  a landing 
of  the  full  width  of  both  flights,  without  any  steps,  shall  be  pro- 
vided. Stairs  turning  an  angle  shall  have  a proper  landing  without 
winders  introduced  in  said  turns.  In  stairs  when  two  side  flights 
connect  with  one  main  flight  no  winders  shall  be  introduced,  and 
with  width  of  the  main  flights  shall  be  at  least  equal  to  the  aggre- 
gate width  of  the  side  flights.  Circular  or  winding  stairs  shall  have 
proper  landings,  introduced  at  convenient  distances.  All  staircases 
shall  have  strong  hand  rails  on  both  sides  and  on  platforms  and 
landings  where  the  same  is  less  than  the  width  of  the  stairs.  If 
walls  are  used  for  the  partial  or  entire  support  or  inclosure  of  stairs, 
such  walls  are  to  be  built  of  incombustible  materials.  R.  C.  489. 

Sec.  196.  New  theatres — I/ocations  of  boilers.  Every  steam 
boiler  which  may  be  required  for  heating  or  other  pur- 
poses shall  be  located  outside  of  the  building,  and  the  space  allotted 
to  the  same  shall  be  inclosed  by  walls  of  masonry  on  all  sides,  and 
the  ceiling  of  such  space  shall  be  constructed  of  fireproof  material. 
All  doorways  in  said  walls  shall  have  standard  Are  doors.  R.  C.  490. 

Sec.  197.  New  theatres — Registers  and  radiators.  No  floor  reg- 
ister for  heating  shall  be  permitted.  No  coil  or  radiator 
shall  be  placed  in  any  aisle  or  passageway  used  as  an  exit,  in  such 
manner  as  shall  form  an  obstruction  in  said  passageway  or  exit. 
All  supply,  return  or  exhaust  pipes  shall  be  properly  encased  and 
protected  where  passing  through  floors  or  near  woodwork,  as  re- 
quired in  section  142,  of  this  ordinance.  R.  C.  491. 

Sec.  198.  Stand-pipes  and  fire  apparatus.  Every  building  such 
as  is  mentioned  in  section  188,  shall  have  stand-pipes, 
hose  and  fire  apparatus  as  required  in  section  186.  Nothing  con- 
tained in  section  188,  and  following  sections  pertaining  to  new  the- 
atres shall  be  construed  as  relieving  them  in  any  wise  from  any  of 
the  obligations  imposed  by  sections  185,  186  and  187,  of  this  ordi- 
nance. R.  C.  492. 

Sec.  199.  Department  of  Buildings  to  luive  control  in  everj'  thea- 
ter— Certificate  to  be  posted — Penalty  for  failure.  The  stand-pipes, 
gas  pipes,  electric  wiring,  hose,  footlights,  and  all  apparatus  for  the 
extinguishing  of  or  guarding  against  fire  in  every  theater,  shall  be  in 
charge  of  and  under  the  control  of  the  division  of  building  and  in- 
spection, and  the  building  commissioner  is  hereby  directed  to  see  that 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  in  respect  thereto  are  carried  out 

—135— 


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Buildinsr  Laborers 

Carpenters’  Helpers 

Cement  Finishers 

Concreters 

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Elevator  Constructors 

Engineers  (Hoisting) 

Excavators 

Gas  Fitters 

Granite  Cutters 

Ironworkers  (All  Branches) 

Lathers  (Wood,  Wire  & Metal) 

Machinists 

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Painters  (Fresco,  House  & Sign) 
Paperhangers 

Pile  Drivers  & Machinery  Movers 
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Plumbers 

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Roofers  (Composition) 

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and  enforced;  and  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance,  the  building  commissioner  shall  make  not  less  than 
two  inspections  each  year  of  all  the  theater  buildings,  and  shall 
render  his  certificate,  fully  setting  forth  the  conditions  of  said  build- 
ing, and  whether  the  provisions  contained  in  this  ordinance  have 
been  fully  complied  with.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  manager, 
owner,  lessee,  or  keeper  of  any  theater  whose  place  is  open  to  public 
business  to  post  such  certificate  of  the  building  commissioner,  or  a 
true  copy  thereof,  in  the  lobby  and  auditorium  of  said  theater.  Any 
failure  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  section  is  hereby  de- 
clared to  be  a misdemeanor  and  on  conviction  thereof  such  persons 
shall  be  fined  a sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars.  R.  C.  493. 

Sec.  200.  New  tlieatrical  buildings  must  first  be  approved  by 
Building  Commissioner.  No  license  until  certificate  be 
given.  Hearing  to  be  had  whether  article  complied  with  proceedings. 
Revocation  of  permit  by  Ijicense  Collector — Reinstatement.  No 

building  shall  hereafter  be  erected,  or  altered,  or  be  opened  to  the 
public,  or  used  for  theatrical  or  operatic  purposes,  or  for  public 
entertainments  of  any  kind  where  stage  scenery  or  apparatus  are 
employed,  until  the  building  commissioner  shall  have  approved  the 
same  in  writing  as  conforming  to  the  requirements  of  this  ordi- 
nance so  far  as  applicable  to  such  buildings,  and  the  license  col- 
lector of  the  city  of  St.  Louis  shall  not  issue  any  license  for  any 
theater  to  be  conducted  in  such  building  until  a certificate  in  writ- 
ing of  approval,  as  aforesaid,  shall  have  been  given  by  the  buliding 
commissioner.  If,  upon  inspection  of  any  theater  building,  public 
hall  or  place  of  public  amusement,  as  provided  in  sections  199  and 
200,  the  building  commissioner  shall  find  that  any  of  the  provisions 
contained  in  this  ordinance  have  not  been  fully  complied  with,  he 
shall  serve  a written  notice  on  the  manager,  lessee,  proprietor, 
owner  or  keeper  of  such  theater,  public  hall  or  place  of  public 
amusement,  stating  in  what  respect  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
have  not  been  complied  with  and  naming  a time  when  such  manager, 
lessee,  owner,  proprietor  or  keeper  may  appear  before  him  and  show 
cause  why  a certificate  as  provided  for  in  section  199  should  be 
issued.  Upon  such  hearing,  the  building  commissioner  shall  issue 
his  certificate  in  case  he  finds  that  all  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance have  been  complied  with.  Otherwise,  he  shall  refuse  to  issue 
the  same  and  shall  revoke  any  certificate  that  may  have  heretofore 
been  issued.  Upon  revocation  of  such  certificate  or  upon  refusal  to 
issue  a new  one,  as  the  case  may  be,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  build- 
ing commissioner  to  immediately  notify  the  license  collector  of  that 
fact,  and  the  license  collector  shall  thereupon  revoke  the  license,  if 
any,  theretofore  issued  by  him  to  such  manager,  lessee,  owner,  pro- 
prietor, or  keeper  of  such  theater,  public  hall  or  place  of  amuse- 
ment, provided,  however,  that  upon  a new  certificate  being  issued 
by  the  building  commissioner  stating  that  all  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  have  been  complied  with  by  such  manager,  lessee,  owner, 
proprietor  or  keeper,  the  license  collector  shall  reinstate  such  re- 
voked license.  R.  C.  494. 

Sec.  201.  El  ection  of  booths,  changes  in  floor  space,  aisle  space 
or  passageways.  Not  to  be  made  without  the  permis- 
sion of  tlie  Building  Commissioner.  It  shall  hereafter  be  unlawful 
for  any  owner,  proprietor,  lessee,  or  manager  of  any  theater,  opera 
house,  picture  show  exhibition  room,  convention  hall,  or  any  other 
building  where  the  public  congregate  for  amusement  or  public  en- 
tertainment, to  erect  or  install  any  booth  or  to  make  any  changes 
in  the  floor  space,  platforms,  stages,  aisles,  seats,  stairways,  passage- 
ways, exits  of  any  kind,  or  in  any  other  part  of  the  interior  of  such 
building  used  in  connection  with  the  stage  or  used  or  occupied  in 

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whole  or  in  part  by  the  public,  without  first  having  had  an  inspec- 
tion by  and  the  written  permission  of  the  division  of  building  and 
inspection.  Any  person  coming  within  the  provisions  of  this  section 
who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  hereof  shall  be  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twen- 
ty-five (25)  nor  more  than  three  hundred  (300)  dollars,  and  each 
day  that  such  violation  is  permitted  to  exist  shall  constitute  a sep- 
arate offense.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  202.  Penalty.  Any  manager,  lessee,  owner  or  keeper  of 
any  theater,  public  hall  or  place  of  public  amuse- 
ment, carrying  on  the  business  of  theatricals,  or  keeping  a place  of 
public  amusement  of  any  kind,  liable  to  pay  a license  for  such  busi- 
ness, under  any  ordinances  of  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  and  carrying 
on  said  business  without  first  having  furnished  said  certificate  from 
the  building  commissioner  and  obtained  a license  therefor  or  shall 
carry  on  said  business  after  the  revocation  of  his  license,  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  thereof  be 
fined  in  a sum  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars.  R.  C.  495. 

Sec.  203.  Same  penalty.  Any  manager,  lessee,  owner,  keeper,  or 
trustee  of  any  theater,  hall  or  place  of  amusement 
or  instruction,  or  assemblage,  or  worship,  or  wherever  people  con- 
gregate, who  shall  violate,  or  fail  or  neglect  to  comply  with  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  relating  to  same,  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction,  shall  be  fined  not 
less  than  five  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars.  R.  G.  496. 

Sec.  204.  The  removal  or  securing  of  unsafe  buildings— Con- 
demnation— Notice— Cost,  liow  paid.  Whenever  the 
building  commissioner  shall  be  informed  that  any  building  or  part 
thereof,  or  any  other  structure  in  the  nature  of  a building,  or  any 
retaining  wall,  fence  wall,  tower,  or  smoke  stack  in  the  city  of 
St.  Louis,  is  in  a condition  such  as  to  endanger  the  lives  of  persons 
or  likely  to  cause  immediate  injury  to  any  other  property,  or  if 
the  situation  of  any  building,  or  wall  by  reason  of  the  making  of 
an  excavation  on  that  or  an  adjoining  lot,  shall  become  such  as  to 
endanger  the  lives  of  persons,  or  if  any  building,  wall  or  other 
structure  be  permitted  by  the  owner  thereof  to  become  in  such  a 
dilapidated  condition  as  to  constitute  a serious  fire  hazard  and  lia- 
ble to  cause  immediate  injury  to  any  adjoining  property,  he  shall 
at  once  inspect  or  cause  an  inspection  or  examination  to  be  made 
of  such  building,  wall,  tower,  smoke  stack,  and  a written  report 
of  such  finding  shall  be  filed  in  said  office.  The  building  commis- 
sioner shall  at  once  notify  the  owner  or  owners  in  writing,  as  pro- 
vided by  section  205,  of  this  ordinance,  of  the  condition  of  such 
building,  wall,  tower,  or  smoke  stack,  and  shall  command  he  or  they 
to  have  same  removed  or  otherwise  properly  secured  three  days 
next  thereafter,  and  if  such  owner  or  owners  fail  to  either  remove 
or  properly  secure  such  building,  wall,  tower,  smoke  stack  or  other 
structure  within  the  said  time,  and  in  such  a manner  as  under  this 
ordinance  can  be  approved  by  the  building  commissioner,  he  shall 
forthwith  proceed  to  have  the  same  secured  so  as  to  render  it  safe, 
unless  in  his  judgment  the  same  cannot  be  reasonably  secured  or 
rendered  safe,  in  which  case  he  shall  at  once  demolish  or  remove 
same,  or  such  part  thereof  as  may  be  necessary.  The  cost  of  secur- 
ing said  building  or  other  structure  or  demolishing  same,  or  any  part 
thereof,  by  the  building  commissioner,  shall  be  paid  in  the  first  place 
by  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  out  of  a contingent  fund  for  which  there 
shall  be  made  an  annual  appropriation  of  not  less  than  five  thou- 
sand dollars  for  the  purpose  herein  designated.  The  comptroller, 
upon  a receipt  of  the  building  commissioner  of  the  amount  expended 

—139— 


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by  him  for  the  securing  or  demolishing  or  any  such  building,  wall, 
tower,  smoke  stack  or  other  structure,  which  certificate  shall  be  ap- 
proved by  the  mayor,  shall  then  make  out  bills  for  said  work, 
against  the  owner  or  owners  of  said  building  or  'other  structure. 
In  case  said  bills  are  not  paid  upon  presentation  they  shall  be  placed 
in  the  hands  of  the  city  counselor,  who  shall  proceed  to  collect  same, 
by  suit  if  necessary,  and  the  amounts  when  collected  shall  be  cred- 
ited to  said  contingent  fund.  Every  such  owner  or  owners  after 
being  notified  as  herein  provided,  who  shall  fail  to  remove  or  other- 
wise properly  secure  any  building,  wall,  tower,  smoke  stack  or  other 
structure  as  hereinbefore  provided  for,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  twenty-five  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars.  Ord.  29  560. 

Sec.  205.  Notice.  How  served.  The  notice  of  the  owner  of  the 
building  or  structure  found  to  be  dangerous  by  the 
building  commissioner,  as  provided  in  section  204,  shall  be  directed 
to  the  owner  or  owners  of  such  buildings  or  other  structures  by 
name,  if  known;  if  not  known,  then  under  the  designation  of  the 
owner  or  owners  of  the  building  or  structure  designating  it,  and 
shall  be  served  in  any  one  of  the  following  ways: 

First,  by  causing  said  notice  to  be  delivered  to  such  owner,  either 
in  the  city  of  St.  Louis  or  elsewhere. 

Or,  second,  by  posting  a copy  of  such  notice  upon  the  building  or 
other  structure,  said  notice  to  be  deemed  served  at  the  end  of  twen- 
ty-four hours  after  the  posting  thereof. 

Or,  third,  by  mailing  such  notice,  or  copy  thereof  enclosed  in  a 
sealed  envelope,  postage  prepaid,  directed  to  such  owner,  either  at 
his  place  of  business  or  residence  address  in  this  city  or  elsewhere, 
said  notice  to  be  deemed  served  twenty-four  hours  after  the  mailing 
of  said  notice,  in  case  it  is  directed  to  the  business  or  residence 
address  of  the  owner  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis.  Provided,  that  if  the 
said  owner  or  owners  be  non-residents  of  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  and 
have  no  business  addresses  or  offices  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  then 
the  said  notice  shall  be  deemed  served  at  the  end  of  such  period 
after  the  mailing  thereof,  as  in  the  ordinary  course  of  transmission 
of  the  mails  by  the  United  States  Government  would  be  required  for 
the  receipt  of  said  notice  by  the  owner  or  owners  at  their  place  of 
residence  or  business. 

Or,  fourth,  by  publication  in  the  newspapers  doing  the  city  print- 
ing, said  notice  to  be  deemed  served  twenty-four  hours  after  publi- 
cation. 

In  case  such  building  or  other  structure  is  in  the  occupancy  of  a 
tenant  or  tenants,  in  addition  to  the  above  notice,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  building  commissioner  to  post  a copy  of  such  notice 
upon  such  building. 

Every  person  who  shall  prevent  or  attempt  to  prevent  the  build- 
ing commissioner,  or  any  other  employee  of  the  city  of  St.  Louis 
from  posting  such  notices  on  such  building  or  other  structure,  or 
shall  remove  said  notice  or  mutilate  it  or  deface  it,  within  four  days 
next  after  the  same  is  posted,  unless  in  the  meantime  such  building 
or  other  structure  shall  have  been  put  in  a safe  condition  or  been 
demolished,  shall  be  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five  nor  more  than  five 
hundred  dollars.  R.  C.  501. 

Sec.  20«.  Owner  or  agent  proliibited  from  renting  or  leasing, 
misdemeanor,  peimlty.  No  owner,  or  agent  of  the 
owner,  of  any  building  or  other  structure  shall  after  notice  from 
building  commissioner  that  such  building  is  unsafe  or  dangerous, 
rent  or  lease  the  same  or  any  part  thereof,  or  collect  any  rent  there- 
for, until  such  building  shall  be  placed  in  a safe  and  secure  con- 
dition. 


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Satisfaction 


ONE. NIGHT  OUT-ALL  STEEL 


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Every  owner,  or  the  agent  of  the  owner  of  such  building,  who 
shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall  be  guilty  of 
a misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  twenty-five  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  207.  Costs,  how  paid,  lien  on  property  of  delinquent  owner 
— Violation,  misdemeanor — Penalty.  The  building  com- 
missioner shall  have  power  to  require  all  persons  to  correct,  re- 
move or  abate  any  state  of  things  done,  caused  or  permitted  by 
them  in  violation  of  this  ordinance;  and  he  shall,  upon  a failure  to 
comply  with  the  requirements  of  this  ordinance,  when  the  public 
interest  may  so  require,  correct,  remove  or  abate  the  same,  and  all 
costs  attending  such  action  in  such  cases  shall  be  paid  from  the  con- 
tingent fund,  as  provided  in  section  204,  and  then  collected  from  the 
party  offending  as  therein  provided,  and  the  same  shall  also  be  a 
lien  against  the  property  whereon  such  violation  was  permitted  to 
exist,  to  be  collected  as  provided  by  law  for  liens  in  such  cases;  and 
any  person,  firm  or  corporation,  who  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  com- 
ply with  the  provisions  of  this  section,  or  who  shall  violate  any  of 
the  provisions  thereof,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and 
shall  be  subject  to  the  penalty  as  provided  in  section  209.  R.  C.  503. 

Sec.  208.  Duties  of  police.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  of 
police  of  the  city  of  St.  Louis  to  report  to  the  division 
of  building  and  inspection  any  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  occurring  upon  the  beats  of  patrolmen.  R.  C.  504. 

Sec.  209.  Penalty  where  none  other  provided.  Any  person  who 
shall  violate  any  provision  of  this  ordinance,  for  which 
no  specific  penalty  is  provided,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misde- 
meanor and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five 
nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars.  Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  210.  Ordinance  not  retroactive.  Nothing  herein  contained 
shall  be  deemed  to  prevent  the  completion  of  any  build- 
ing operations  (for  which  a permit  shall  have  been  issued  prior  to 
the  approval  of  this  ordinance,  or  within  thirty  days  next,  imme- 
diately after  the  approval  thereof)  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of 
the  ordinance  in  force  at  the  time  of  the  issuance  of  such  permit. 
Ord.  29560. 

Sec.  211.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation,  or  the  agent  or  serv- 
ant thereof,  who  shall  refuse,  prevent  or  attempt  to 
prevent  the  Building  Commissioner  or  his  duly  authorized  agent 
from  entering,  at  all  reasonable  hours,  any  building  or  premises  for 
the  purpose  of  inspecting  any  part  thereof,  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  not  less 
Uian  twenty-five  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars.  Ord.  29560. 

LODGING  HOUSES 

Sec.  212.  Definition.  The  term  “Lodging  House”  where  used 
herein  shall  (unless  expressly  otherwise  indicated)  be 
taken  to  mean  and  include  any  building  wherein  lodgings  or  sleep- 
ing quarters  for  five  or  more  persons  in  any  one  room  are  provided. 

Sec.  243.  Permit  for  lodginj?  house.  No  person,  firm,  or  cor- 
poration shall  keep  a lodging  house  in  the  city  of  St. 
Louis  without  having  first  obtained  a license,  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Sec.  214.  Application  for  i>ermit  to  keep  lodging  house.  Any 
person,  firm,  or  corporation  before  keeping  a lodging 
house  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  shall  file  a written  application  in  the 
office  of  and  addressed  to  the  Board  of  Public  Service,  requesting 

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issuance  to  such,  applicant  of  a permit  therefor.  Such  written  appli- 
cation shall  state  the  street  number  of  the  building  to  be  used  as  a 
lodging  house,  and  such  application  shall  be  signed  by  the  applicant 
and  the  applicant’s  address  shall  be  appended  thereto. 

Sec.  215.  Inspection  on  filing  application  for  permit.  Upon  the 
filing  of  such  application,  the  Board  of  Public  Service 
shall  cause  the  Health  Commissioner  and  the  Building  Commissioner 
to  make  an  inspection  of  such  proposed  lodging  house,  and  a written 
report  thereon  to  be  filed  whether  the  building  proposed  to  be  used 
as  a lodging  house  conforms  to  the  requirements  prescribed  by  law 
for  such  use. 

Sec.  216.  Proceedings  on  filing  reiwrts  of  inspection.  If  the 
Health  Commissioner  and  Building  Commissioner  both 
certify  to  the  fitness  of  said  building  for  use  as  a lodging  house,  and 
if  the  required  fees  for  such  permit  shall  have  been  paid,  then  the 
Board  of  Public  Service  shall  issue  a permit  to  the  applicant  to  oper- 
ate said  lodging  house.  But  if  either  the  Health  Commissioner  or 
the  Building  Commissioner  report  adversely,  said  adverse  report 
shall  specify  the  defects,  and  the  applicant  shall  then  be  entitled  to 
a hearing  on  such  adverse  report  and  shall  be  given  opportunity  to 
remedy  such  defects,  whereupon  a reinspection  shall  be  made,  and 
if  all  such  defects  have  been  remedied,  then  the  applicant  shall  re- 
ceive his  permit. 

Sec.  217.  The  following  fees  shall  be  i>aid  annually  by  every 
person,  firm  or  corporation,  keeping  a lodging  house  in 
the  city  of  St.  Louis,  to  wit:  Two  dollars  for  the  first  ten  beds  or 
less,  and  ten  cents  for  each  additional  bed  provided.  This  fee  to  be 
in  lieu  of  all  other  license  fees  and  to  supersede  all  other  license  fees 
that  may  have  been  heretofore  required  by  the  city  of  St.  Louis. 

Sec.  218.  Lodging  house  requirements  and  regulations.  Every 
lodging  house  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis  shall  conform  to 
and  every  person,  firm  or  corporation,  keeping  a lodging  house  in  the 
city  of  St.  Louis  shall  comply  with  the  following  provisions  and 
regulations: 

First — Construction  and  area,  etc.,  of  sleeping  rooms: 

(a)  Every  sleeping  room  shall  contain  at  least  four  hundred  cubic 
feet  of  air  space  for  each  occupant. 

(b)  Every  sleeping  room  shall  be  thoroughly  ventilated  daily  as 
may  be  directed  by  the  Health  Commissioner. 

(c)  All  sleeping  rooms  shall  have  windows  or  doors  or  both,  open- 
ing to  the  outside  air,  and  the  area  of  such  windows  and  doors  and 
of  the  sky  light  or  sky  lights  if  any,  shall  together  be  equal  to  at  least 
one-twelfth  (1-12)  of  the  superficial  floor  area  of  such  sleeping 
room;  provided  that  this  subdivision  “C”  of  Pro.  1 of  sec- 
tion 218  shall  apply  only  to  such  lodging  houses  which  are  in 
operation  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis  at  the  time  when  this  ordinance 
becomes  effective;  and  provided  further  that  no  lodging  house  shall 
hereafter  be  erected,  built  or  established  within  the  limits  of  the 
city  of  St.  Louis  unless  all  sleeping  rooms  therein  shall  have  win- 
dows or  doors  or  both,  opening  on  the  outside  air,  the  area  of  which 
windows  and  doors  shall  together  be  equal  to  at  least  one-eighth 
(1-8)  of  the  superficial  floor  area  of  such  sleeping  rooms. 

(d)  No  cellar  or  portion  of  a cellar  or  basement  shall  be  used  as 
a sleeping  room  and  no  person  shall  be  permitted  to  sleep  elsewhere 
than  in  a bed  or  cot. 

(e)  All  beds  shall  be  kept  two  feet  apart  at  all  points  and  so  placed 
that  the  air  may  circulate  freely  under  each  of  them. 

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(f)  The  partitions  enclosing  cubicles  shall  have  a space  of  at  least 
\ two  feet  between  the  top  thereof  and  the  ceiling  of  the  room;  and  the 

\door  to  such  cubicle  shall  be  opened  at  the  bottom  so  as  to  leave  an 
aperture  of  four  (4)  inches  between  the  bottom  of  .the  door  and  the 
floor. 

(g)  The  term  “cubicle”  as  herein  used  shall  be  taken  to  mean  and 
include  an  enclosure  in  a room  the  sides  of  which  enclosure  do  not 
reach  the  ceiling  of  such  room  and  which  is  open  at  the  top. 

(h)  There  shall  at  all  times  be  kept  conspicuously  posted  in  every 
sleeping  room,  and  in  every  cubicle  in  such  sleeping  room,  a notice 
issued  by  the  Health  Commissioner  stating  the  number  of  persons 
that  may  be  lawfully  accommodated  in  such  room  or  cubicle. 

Second — Sanitarj^  and  clean: 

(a)  All  lodging  houses  shall  be  kept  in  a sanitary  and  clean  condi- 
tion and  only  such  bedding  shall  be  used  therein  as  can  be  renovated 
or  washed. 

(b)  No  accumulation  of  dirt  or  filth  shall  be  permitted  in  any 
lodging  house  or  other  area  connected  with  or  belonging  thereto. 

(c)  All  sleeping  rooms,  water  closets,  bathrooms  and  wash  rooms 
shall  be  thoroughly  disinfected  at  least  once  every  week  in  such  man- 
ner as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  Health  Commissioner. 

Thii'd — Running  water — ^washing  accommodations — baths : 

(a)  Running  water  shall  be  provided  on  every  floor  of  a lodging 
house  and  hot  and  cold  water  shall  be  provided  in  seasonable 
weather. 

(b)  There  shall  be  provided  on  every  floor  of  a lodging  house,  wash 
basin  or  wash  sink  accommodation  or  other  individual  washing  ap- 
pliances, of  such  dimensions  as  to  be  suitable  and  available  for  indi- 
vidual use  by  the  lodgers  thereon  at  the  ratio  of  one  for  every  twenty- 
five  (25)  lodgers. 

(c)  Bath  accommodations,  either  tub  or  shower  bath,  shall  be  pro- 
vided in  every  lodging  house  at  the  ratio  of  one  to  every  fifty  (50) 
single  beds. 

(d)  All  baths  shall  be  easily  accessible  to  occupants  of  the  lodging 
house. 

(e)  No  charge  shall  be  made  against  the  guests  of  any  lodging 
house  for  the  use  of  the  baths  or  for  water  or  other  supplies  for  their 
use. 

Fourth — (a)  Water  closets— water  closet  compartment,  etc. 

There  shall  be  at  least  one  water  closet  on  each  floor  for  every 
twenty-five  (25)  single  beds,  or  less. 

(b)  The  water  closets  on  each  floor  shall  be  placed  in  an  enclosed 
compartment,  which  compartment  shall  have  a window  opening  to 
the  outer  air,  or  be  ventilated  by  a pipe  not  less  than  six  inches  in 
diameter,  extending  from  the  top  of  said  compartment  to  the  roof  of 
the  building  or  to  the  outer  air,  and  said  compartment  shall  be  thor- 
oughly ventilated  daily. 

(c)  The  bath  cubicles,  tubs,  shower  baths,  and  washing  accommo- 
dations may  be  placed  in  or  enclosed  within  the  said  water  closet 
compartment. 

(d)  All  water  closets,  urinals,  baths  of  whatever  kind,  and  washing 
accommodations  shall  be  kept  in  good  repair  and  clean  and  sanitary 
in  every  way. 


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Fifth — Walls,  ceilings,  etc.,  to  be  kept  clean  and  in  good  repair. 
Adequate  light:  All  floors  and  stairways,  walls  and  ceilings  shall  be 
kept  clean  and  in  good  repair  and  all  halls,  passageways,  and  stair- 
ways shall  be  kept  adequately  lighted  at  night. 

Sixth — Cuspidors.  There  shall  be  kept  in  every  sitting  room,  bed' 
room,  dormitory  and  water  closet  at  least  one  cuspidor  and  in  every 
sitting  room,  bed  room,  and  dormitory  one  additional  cuspidor  for 
every  flve  persons  permitted  to  occupy  such  room  or  dormitory,  and 
there  shall  be  posted  and  kept  conspicuously  displayed  at  all  times  in 
every  room,  dormitory,  or  water  closet  a sign  in  letters  at  least  eight 
inches  in  height  reading  “spitting  on  the  floor  forbidden.”  Every 
cuspidor  shall  be  of  non-absorbent  material  and  shall  be  cleaned  and 
disinfected  daily  in  a manner  to  be  prescribed  by  the  Health  Com- 
missioner. 

Seventh — Contagiou.s  disease.  Report  to  Health  Commissioner. 
Whenever  any  lodger  is  afflicted  with  any  contagious  disease  and 
such  fact  becomes  known  to  the  person  in  charge  of  such  lodging 
house,  such  person  in  charge  shall  forthwith  report  such  fact  to  the 
Health  Commissioner. 

Eighth — Provisions  as  to  double  beds,  double  deckers  and  metal 
material. 

(a)  In  rooms  where  five  or  more  lodgers  sleep  no  double  bed  shall 
be  allowed  to  be  used. 

(b)  So-called  “double  decker”  beds  are  not  intended  to  be  included 
in  the  term  “double  beds.” 

(c)  All  uprights  of  double  decker  beds  shall  be  composed  of  metal, 
and  after  two  years  after  this  ordinance  becomes  effective  all  beds, 
double  decker  or  otherwise,  which  shall  be  placed  in  any  lodging 
house,  either  as  new  equipment  or  to  replace  beds  now  in  use  in  any 
existing  lodging  house  shall  be  of  no  other  than  metal  material. 

Sec.  219.  Posting  permit.  The  Health  Commissioner  shall  fur- 
nish to  each  licensed  lodging  house  keeper  a printed 
notice  in  letters  at  least  two  inches  in  height  stating  the  number  of 
persons  permitted  under  the  provisions  hereof  to  occupy  each  sleep- 
ing room,  cubicle,  or  dormitory  in  such  lodging  house  and  shall  cause 
such  notice  to  be  posted  and  kept  conspicuously  displayed  in  some 
public  place  in  the  respective  sleeping  room,  cubicles  or  dormitories 
of  such  lodging  house. 

Sec.  220.  Limitation  number  of  j>ersons  sleeping  in  one  room  to 
be  observed  by  person  in  charge.  Xo  person  in  charge 
of  any  licensed  lodging  house  shall  permit  a larger  number  of  per- 
sons to  sleep  in  or  occupy  any  sleeping  room,  cubicle  or  dormitory  in 
any  such  lodging  house  than  is  permitted  under  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance. 


Sec.  221.  Disinfection  cuspidors,  rooms,  etc.,  and  requirements 
as  to  style  of  cuspidors.  The  Health  Commissioner  shall 
prescribe  the  type,  material,  construction,  and  method  of  disinfection 
of  cuspidors  to  be  used  in  licensed  lodging  houses  and  the  manner  of 
disinfecting  sleeping  rooms,  water  closets,  bath  rooms  and  wash 
rooms  therein  and  shall  furnish  to  each  licensed  lodging  house 
keeper  a printed  statement  of  the  matters  so  prescribed. 

Sec.  222.  Inspection  and  report.  The  Health  Commissioner  shall 
cause  every  licensed  lodging  house  to  be  inspected  at 
least  once  every  month  and  a written  report  of  such  inspection  to  be 
filed  with  him.  Such  reports  shall  be  preserved  for  a period  of  one 

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year.  The  original  application  hereinbefore  required  and  the  orig- 
inal reports  thereon  and  a record  of  the  permit  shall  be  perma- 
nently preserved  in  the  office  of  the  Health  Commissioner. 

Sec.  223.  Fumigation — Destruction  of  bedding.  Whenever  the 
Health  Commissioner  shall  find  any  licensed  lodging 
house  to  be  in  such  condition  as  to  require  for  the  health  of  the  occu- 
pants thereof  fumigation  or  disinfection  of  such  lodging  house,  said 
Commissioner  may  at  any  time  cause  such  fumigation  or  disinfec- 
tion; and  whenever  the  Health  Commissioner  shall  find  that  any 
bedding  in  use  in  any  licensed  lodging  house  is  in  such  condition 
that  same  cannot  be  properly  cleaned,  said  Commissioner  may  cause 
such  bedding  to  be  destroyed. 

Sec.  224.  Non-conformity  or  violation.  If  any  violation  of  or 
non-conformity  to  the  provisions  of  the  ordinance  re- 
lating to  lodging  houses  shall  occur  in  any  licensed  lodging  house, 
the  Health  Commissioner  shall  cause  written  notice  of  such  violation 
or  non-conformity  to  be  delivered  to  such  licensed  lodging  house 
keeper.  If  such  licensed  lodging  house  keeper  fails  to  comply  with 
the  law,  or  continue  the  violation  thereof,  such  conduct  shall  be 
deemed  a violation  of  this  ordinance  and  such  licensed  lodging  house 
keeper  shall  be  subject  to  the  penalties  hereinafter  provided. 

Sec.  225.  Penalty  for  operating  without  permit.  Any  person, 
firm,  or  corporation  who  shall  keep  a lodging  house  in 
the  city  of  St.  Louis  without  first  having  obtained  a license  therefor, 
as  herein  provided,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and  on 
conviction  thereof  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than 
fifty  dollars,  and  for  each  day  that  such  lodging  house  is  kept  with- 
out such  license,  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a separate  offense  and  subject  to  the  penalty  herein 
provided. 

Sec.  226.  Violation — Penalty.  Any  licensed  lodging  house  keep- 
er who  shall  violate,  or  fail  to  comply  with  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  or  any  other  then  existing  ordinance  relating  to 
lodging  houses  after  notice  from  the  Health  Commissioner,  as  herein- 
before provided,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than 
twenty-five  dollars. 

Sec.  227.  Repeated  violation.  If  any  licensed  lodging  house 
keeper  shall  be  convicted  of  more  than  one  violation  of 
this  or  any  other  ordinance  relating  to  lodging  houses  within  the 
period  for  which  a license  for  such  lodging  house  is  granted,  such 
license  shall  thereupon  be  revoked  by  the  license  collector. 

Sec.  228.  In  order  to  enable  the  Health  Commissioner  to  enforce 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  he  is  hereby  author- 
ized and  directed  to  appoint  one  additional  inspector  at  a salary  of 
seventy-five  dollars  ($75.00)  per  month. 

Sec.  229.  Conflicting  ordinances.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of 
ordinances  inconsistent  or  conflicting  with  the  provis- 
ions hereof  are  hereby  repealed.  (Ord.  28790.) 


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MOTION  PICTURE 
FILM  SERVICE  EXCHANGES 


UNIVERSAL  FILM  & SUPPLY  CO., 

BARNEY  ROSENTHAL,  MGR. 

2116  Locust  St.  Phones:  Bomont  2300  Central  308 


3632  Olive  St. 


FOX  FILM  CORPORATION, 

D.  M.  THOMAS,  MGR. 

Lindell  795  Delmar  4363 


BLUEBIRD  PHOTOPLAYS,  INC., 

G.  F.  HENNESSY,  MGR. 

3547  Olive  St.  Lindell  814  Central  5766 

MUTUAL  FILM  CORPORATION, 

FRED  E.  KELLER,  MGR. 

1311  Pine  St.  Olive  4492  Central  2390 

METRO  PICTURE  SERVICE, 

CHARLES  WERNER,  MGR. 

3618  Olive  St.  Lindell  '186 

WORLD  FILM  CORPORATION, 

T.  WEIL,  MGR. 

3626  Olive  St.  Lindell  1450  Delmar  4460 

GENERAL  FILM  CO., 

H.  E.  ELDER,  MGR. 

3610  Olive  St.  Lindell  5610  Central  7935 

THE  FOUR  SQUARE  PICTURES  (Incorporated), 

S.  J.  BAKER,  MGR. 

Empress  Theatre  Bldg.  Lindell  304 


THE  GREATER  VITAGRAPH  CO., 

D.  E.  BOSWELL,  MGR. 

3630  Olive  St.  ^ Lindell  912  Delmar  652 


THE  GOLDWYN  PICTURES  CORPORATION, 

FLOYD  LEWIS,  MGR. 

3312  Lindell  Blvd.  Bomont  2180 


PATHE  EXCHANGE,  INC., 

R.  K.  EVANS,  MGR. 

3210  Locust  St.  Bomont  2422  Central  6623 

GEO.  KLEINE, 

J.  F.  BURHORN,  MGR. 

3515  Olive  St.  Bomont  2577  Central  5180 

THE  K.  C.  FEATURE  FILM  CO., 

G.  E.  McKEAN,  MGR. 

3929  Olive  St.  Lindell  5906 

"Lindell  5907 


TRIANGLE  SOUTH  WEST  DIS.  CORP., 

EDWARD  R.  CARR,  MGR. 

3320  Lindell  Blvd.  Bomont  112 

THE  STANDARD  FILM  CORP., 

F.  J.  FEGAN,  MGR. 

304  AND  305  Empress  Theatre  Bldg.  Lindell  667 


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PICTURE  MACHINES 


NITRO-CELLULOSE  FILM  STORAGE 
GARAGES-LI  VERY  STABLES-AUTO  REPAIR  SHOPS 
AUTOMOBILE  FILLING  STATIONS 
DRY  CLEANING  ESTABLISHMENTS 
BUILDINGS  WHERE  OPERATED 


Sec.  235.  Definition  of  term  pictui’e  machine.  By  the  term  “pic- 
ture machine,”  as  used  in  this  ordinance,  is  meant  any 
machine  or  device  operated  by  or  with  the  aid  of  electricity,  adapted 
and  used  to  project  upon  a screen  or  other  surface  pictorial  repre- 
sentations of  any  character  which  the  public  are  admitted  to  view 
upon  payment  of  admission  fee  or  otherwise.  R.  C.  526.) 

Sec.  236.  No  picture  machine  shall  be  installed,  maintained,  or 
operated  within  the  city  of  St.  Louis  except  in  conform- 
ity with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  provided  that  nothing  con- 
tained in  this  ordinance  shall  apply  to  picture  machines  installed, 
operated,  conducted  or  maintained  in  such  theatres  or  opera  houses 
as  shall  have  complied  fully  with  the  provisions  of  law  and  ordi- 
nance regulating  the  same. 

Sec.  237.  Construction  of  booths.  Every  picture  machine  in- 
stalled, maintained  or  operated  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis 
shall  be  inclosed  within  a booth,  the  frame  of  which  shall  be  com- 
posed of  angle  iron  not  less  than  one  inch  by  one  inch  by  one-eighth 
inch,  properly  braced,  to  secure  rigidity,  and  securely  riveted  or 
bolted  at  the  joints.  Every  such  booth  shall  be  sheathed  and  roofed, 
with  sheet  iron  of  not  less  than  number  twenty  B.  and  S.  gauge,  or 
with  one-fourth  inch  hard  asbestos  board,  in  either  case  to  be  se- 
curely riveted  or  bolted  to  the  angle-iron  frame,  or  with  matched 
lumber  thoroughly  covered  upon  inner  side  of  inclosure  with  asbes- 
tos not  less  than  one-quarter  inch  thick.  The  booth  shall  be  floored 

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with  sheet  iron  of  not  less  than  number  twenty  B.  and  S.  gauge,  or 
with  one-quarter  inch  hard  asbestos  board,  in  either  case  to  be 
securely  riveted  or  bolted  to  the  iron  frame;  or  with  boards  cov- 
ered with  asbestos  at  least  one-eighth  of  an  inch  thick,  and  the  sur- 
face protected  by  a covering  of  sheet  metal  not  less  than  number 
twenty-six  B.  and  S.  gauge.  (R.  C.  528.) 

See.  238.  Construction  of  booths — Incombustible  material.  All 
shelves,  furniture  and  fixtures  within  the  said  booth 
shall  be  constructed  of  incombustible  material;  and  no  material  of 
any  sort  whatsoever,  of  a combustible  nature,  shall  be  permitted 
or  allowed  to  be  within  such  booth  except  the  films  used  in  the  oper- 
ation of  the  machine,  or  machine  stand,  which  may  be  of  wood, 
covered  with  asbestos  or  metal.  (R.  C.  529.) 

Sec.  239.  Ventilation  of  booths.  Each  booth  must  be  provided 
with  a metal  pipe  not  less  than  six  inches  in  diameter 
for  ventilating  purposes,  and  the  said  pipe  shall  project  through  the 
top  or  side  of  booth  and  be  extended  outside  the  roof  or  outer  wall 
of  the  building  within  which  such  booth  is  situated.  (R.  C.  530.) 

Sec.  240.  Construction  of  booths.  The  entrance  door  into  the 
booth  shall  be  no  larger  than  two  feet  by  five,  of  same 
construction  as  booth,  and  so  arranged  as  to  close  automatically, 
either  by  means  of  a spring  placed  on  the  exterior  and  riveted  to  the 
framework  or  by  a metal  rope  and  weight  attachment.  The  two 
latches  of  steel  shall  be  provided,  one  twelve  inches  below  the  top 
and  the  other  twelve  inches  the  bottom  of  the  door;  the  latch  bars 
shall  be  so  connected  by  metal  rod  that  one  operation  opens  both 
latches.  The  orifice  or  opening  for  the  operator’s  view,  or  through 
which  the  picture  is  thrown,  shall  be  not  larger  than  twelve  inches 
by  twelve  inches,  and  shall  be  provided  with  a gravity  door  of  the 
same  construction  as  the  booth,  which  door  shall  be  held  open  by 
fusible  links  placed  in  series  with  fine  cords  so  arranged  that  one 
of  the  links  is  suspended  directly  over  the  film  when  in  slide  of  the 
apparatus,  or  shall  be  so  arranged  as  to  be  closed  except  when  held 
open  by  pressure  of  the  operator’s  foot.  (R.  C.  531.) 

Sec.  241.  Same— AViring.  All  electrical  wiring  in  the  booth  must 
be  provided  with  non-inflammable  insulation.  Each 
lamp  connected  with  a picture  machine  must  be  provided  with  a 
separate  switch  located  within  the  booth.  There  shall  also  be  located 
within  the  booth  a switch  controlling  the  lights  in  the  exhibition 
room.  There  shall  be  provided  a separate  system  of  lighting  con- 
trolled by  a switch  located  in  the  ticket  office,  or  other  convenient 
place  outside  of  operating  booth  operating  red  signal  lamps,  and 
there  shall  be  one  such  lamp  placed  at  each  exit  within  a transparent 
sign.  Said  sign  shall  be  marked  “Exit,”  in  letters  not  less  than  five 
inches  high.  The  location  of  these  signs  and  lights  shall  be  deter- 
mined by  the  Building  Commissioner.  All  electric  wiring  within  the 
booth  or  ticket  office  or  exhibition  room  must  be  done  in  accordance 
with  the  rules  and  regulations  established  from  time  to  time  by  the 
Director  of  Public  Utilities. 

vSec.  242.  Equipment.  All  picture  machines  shall  be  equipped 
with  incombustible  magazines  for  receiving  and  deliver- 
ing the  film  during  the  operation  of  the  machine.  A shutter  must  be 
provided  and  placed  in  front  of  the  condenser  of  each  machine,  so 
arranged  as  to  remain  closed  until  held  open  by  pressure  of  the 
operator’s  foot  or  other  approved  device  that  will  insure  the  imme- 
diate dropping  of  the  shutter,  when  operation  of  machine  is  stopped. 
Films  not  in  the  machine  shall  be  kept  in  metal  boxes  with  tight- 
fitting  covers  within  the  booth  inclosing  the  machines.  (R.  C.  533.) 

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Sec.  243.  Persons  under  twenty-one  not  to  operate.  No  person 
under  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  shall  operate,  or  be 
permitted  to  operate,  any  picture  machine  within  the  city  of  St. 
Louis.  (R.  C.  534.) 

Sec.  244.  Buildings  for.  No  picture  machine  shall  be  installed, 
maintained,  or  operated  in  any  building  that  does  not 
abut  directly  upon  the  street,  nor  shall  any  such  machine  be  installed, 
maintained  or  operated  in  connection  with  any  exhibition  room  that 
does  not  immediately  and  directly  abut  upon  a street.  In  exhibition 
rooms  directly  abutting  upon  but  one  street,  the  booth  inclosing 
the  picture  machine  shall  be  placed  at  the  end  of  the  room  which 
is  opposite  and  most  distant  from  the  street;  every  such  room 
shall  have  two  exits  opening  upon  the  street;  and  no  such  room 
shall  exceed  one  thousand  square  feet  in  area.  In  exhibition  rooms 
located  on  the  corner  of  and  abutting  upon  two  streets,  or  a street 
and  an  alley,  the  booth  inclosing  the  picture  machine  may  be  located 
at  the  end  of  the  room  opposite  to  and  most  distant  from  either 
street  or  the  alley.  Every  such  room  shall  be  provided  with  at 
least  three  exits,  two  upon  one  street  and  at  least  one  upon  the 
other  street  or  alley,  said  exit  to  be  not  less  than  five  feet  wide. 
Exhibition  rooms  abutting  directly  on  three  streets  or  on  two  streets 
and  an  alley  shall  not  exceed  five  thousand  square  feet  in  area  un- 
less located  in  a building  of  the  first  class  and  shall  have  two  exits 
upon  each  of  the  three  sides  adjacent  to  said  street  and  alley,  re- 
spectively. An  open  court  leading  directly  to  a street  or  alley  and 
not  less  than  six  feet  in  width  shall  for  the  purpose  of  this  ordi- 
nance be  deemed  an  alley.  No  exhibition  room  with  a gallery  or 
galleries  shall  be  located  in  any  but  buildings  of  the  first  class. 
All  buildings  exceeding  one  story  in  height,  wherein  the  first  fioor 
or  any  portion  thereof  is  used  as  an  exhibition  hall  for  picture 
machines  where  the  upper  fioor  or  fioors  are  occupied  for  dwelling 
or  lodging  purposes  shall  have  all  communicating  openings  through 
the  floors  or  any  of  them,  such  as  stairways,  elevator  shafts,  dumb 
waiters,  or  other  openings,  enclosed  in  walls  of  fire-proof  material. 
All  seats  in  any  exhibition  hall  for  picture  machines  shall  be  se- 
curely fastened  to  the  floor  and  shall  be  so  arranged  that  there 
will  not  be  more  than  nine  seats  in  a line  between  aisles.  No  exit 
in  exhibition  halls  for  picture  machines  shall  be  less  than  three  feet 
wide,  and  all  exit  doors  shall  be  arranged  to  swing  outward  and 
provided  with  approved  fastenings.  All  exits  and  entrances  shall 
open  directly  from  the  exhibition  room  upon  the  street  or  alley. 
All  aisles  shall  lead  directly  to  exit  and  all  exits  shall  be  directly 
accessible  to  aisles.  No  aisles  shall  be  less  than  three  feet  in  width 
where  they  begin,  and  shall  be  increased  in  width  towards  the 
exit,  two  inches  every  ten  running  feet  in  length.  No  stage,  plat- 
form, or  scenery  shall  be  placed,  maintained,  or  allowed  to  remain 
in  exhibition  room  for  picture  machines. 

Sec.  245.  License  not  to  be  issue<l  before  inspection.  No 
license  shall  hereafter  be  issued  for  conducting  a busi- 
ness of  picture  exhibitions  until  the  Building  Commissioner  shall 
first  have  inspected  the  machine,  equipment,  and  appliances  used  in 
connection  therewith,  and  the  premises  wherein  same  is  operated, 
and  a certificate  procured  from  the  Building  Commissioner  that  the 
same  are  in  compliance  with  this  ordinance;  and  the  applicant  shall 
pay  for  such  inspection- and  certificate  the  sum  of  Two  dollars. 

Sec.  246.  Penalty.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  operating 
a picture  machine  without  complying  with  all  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance,  or  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  same,  shall 
be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof 
shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  five 
hundred  dollars.  (R<  C.  537.) 

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I 


RULES  GOVERNING 
NITRO-CELLULOSE  FILM 
STORAGE 


Sec.  247.  E,ach  reel  of  film  containing  five  hundred  feet  or 
more  shall  be  kept  in  a separate  metal  box  with  tight  fitting  cover 
except  when  said  film  is  being  examined  or  repaired. 

• Sec.  247a.  Films,  except  when  undergoing  examination  or  repair, 
shall  be  stored  in  a vault;  said  vault  to  be  constructed 
of  brick  or  concrete,  if  of  brick,  not  less  than  13  inches  in  thickness, 
and  if  of  concrete  not  less  than  eight  inches  in  thickness.  The  com- 
municating openings  with  vault  shall  be  provided  with  tight  fitting 
metal  bank-vault  doors;  said  doors  shall  be  automatic.  Said  vault 
shall  be  provided  with  vent  pipe;  said  pipe  to  be  constructed  of  metal 
of  not  less  than  Number  twelve  B.  & S.  gauge.  Vent  pipe  shall  be  at 
least  eight  inches  in  area  and  extend  to  the  outside  of  building. 

Sec.  248.  No  lights  other  than  separate  vapor-proof  incandescent 
electric  lights,  properly  guarded,  shall  be  installed 
within  vaults  used  for  the  storage  of  nitro-cellulose  films.  All  wiring 
used  to  supply  current  for  these  lights  shall  be  installed  in  iron  con- 
duits, switches  controlling  lights  to  be  placed  upon  the  wall  which  is 
outside  of  vault. 

Sec.  249.  Examining  and  repairing.  The  number  of  reels  of  film 
in  a room,  undergoing  examination  and  repair  at  any 
one  time,  shall  be  limited  to  as  small  amount  as  possible,  and  the 
reels  after  having  been  examined  and  repaired  shall  be  stored  in  the 
vaults  provided. 

Sec.  250.  Proper  metal  cans  for  storage  of  waste  nitro-cellulose 
films  shall  be  provided  in  all  rooms  where  such  films 
are  repaired  or  examined,  and  there  shall  be  one  such  can  for  each 
employe  engaged  in  examining  or  repairing  films. 

Sec.  251.  No  heating  apparatus,  except  hot  air,  hot  water  or 
steam,  shall  be  employed  for  heating  rooms  used  for 
the  examination  or  repair  of  nitro-cellulose  films. 

Sec.  252.  Smoking  is  hereby  prohibited  in  rooms  containing 
nitro-cellulose  films.  Two  signs  shall  be  posted  to  that 
effect  in  each  room  used  for  this  purpose. 

Sec.  253.  Each  room  containing  nitro-cellulose  films  shall  be 
provided  with  at  least  two  approved  three-gallon  chem- 
ical fire  extinguishers,  two  pails  of  water  and  two  pails  of  sand. 

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Sec.  254.  The  business  of  storage  and  handling  of  nitro-cellulose 
films  in  connection  with  motion  picture  exchanges  shall 
not  he  carried  on  in  any  building  exceeding  two  stories  in  height,  or 
in  any  building  used  in  part  as  a habitation. 

Sec.  255.  Any  violation  of  any  of  the  sections  of  this  ordinance 
will  be  deemed  a misdemeanor  and  punishable  by  a fine 
of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dol- 
lars. (Ord.  26980.) 


AUTOMOBILE 

GARAGES 


RULES  AND  REGULATIONS 


Sec.  256.  Definition  of  garage.  By  the  term  “garage”  is  meant 
a building  or  that  portion  of  a building  wherein  are 
kept  five  or  more  automobiles  or  motor  cars  charged  with  or  contain- 
ing a volatile  inflammable  liquid  for  fuel  or  power.  Where  any  por- 
tion of  a building  is  used  for  a garage,  the  garage  shall  be  deemed 
to  embrace  all  of  the  buildings  not  separated  from  the  garage  proper 
by  standard  walls.  All  openings  in  such  walls  shall  be  protected  on 
both  sides  by  standard  fire  doors,  constantly  closed  except  when  nec- 
essarily temporarily  opened  for  passage.  (R.  C.  588.) 

Sec.  257.  Definition  volatile  inflammable  liquid.  By  the  term 
“volatile,  inflammable  liquid”  is  meant  any  liquid  that 
will  emit  inflammable  vapor  at  a temperature  below  one  hundred  de- 
grees Fahrenheit,  when  tested  in  the  open  air.  (R.  C.  539.) 

Sec.  258.  Construction  of  garages.  No  building  exceeding  one 
story  in  height  shall  be  used  as  a garage  within  the 
city  of  St.  Louis  unless  such  building  be  a building  of  the  first  class, 
and  no  building  used  for  a garage  shall  have  a basement,  except  one 
of  such  dimensions  and  size  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  Building 
Commissioner,  and  said  basement  shall  be  used  only  for  a boiler 
room  for  the  purpose  of  heating  the  building,  and  shall  not  be  used 
for  repair  shop  purposes,  or  the  storage  of  automobiles,  or  for  the 
storage  of  any  volatile  inflammable  liquid;  no  building  shall  be  used 
as  a garage  within  the  city  of  St.  Louis  unless  the  floor  on  which 
automobiles  containing  volatile  inflammable  liquids  are  stored  shall 
be  of  concrete  or  granitoid,  provided,  however,  that  the  provisions 
of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  buildings  occupied  for  garage  pur- 
poses at  the  time  of  the  passage  of  this  ordinance.  (R.  C.  540.) 

Sec.  259.  Pumps  to  be  enclosed.  Every  garage  within  which  is 
placed,  located  or  maintained  a pump,  attached  to  the 
storage  tank  for  keeping  of  volatile  inflammable  liquids  shall  in- 
close the  pump  within  a pump  compartment,  whereof  the  inclosure 
shall  he  of  wire  mesh  screen  of  not  smaller  than  number  six  gauge 
wire  of  not  more  than  two-inch  mesh.  (R.  C.  5 4 2.) 

— 155— 


Sec.  260.  Regulations  concerning  fires  in.  No  stove,  forge,  torch, 
boiler  or  other  furnace,  and  no  flame,  fire  or  heat  shall 
be  used  or  allowed  in  a garage,  provided,  however,  that  the  provis- 
ions herein  in  regard  to  stove,  forge,  torch,  boiler,  furnace,  flame, 
fire  or  heat  shall  not  apply  to  buildings  occupied  for  garage 
purposes  at  the  time  of  the  passage  of  this  ordinance.  All  electric 
dynamos  and  motors  not  actually  part  of  the  automobile  shall  be 
located  not  less  than  four  feet  above  the  floor.  All  incandescent 
lights  shall  be  properly  incased  in  vapor-tight  globes,  protected  by 
approved  wire  guards,  and  all  arc  lamps  shall  be  located  at  least  ten 
feet  above  the  floor,  and  shall  be  of  the  inclosed  type.  No  prohibi- 
tion contained  in  this  section  shall  apply  to  boilers  or  furnaces  used 
for  heating  purposes  when  same  are  installed  in  accordance  with  the 
requirements  of  the  Building  Commissioner.  (R.  C.  543.) 

Sec.  261.  Storage  of  inflammable  liquids  in.  No  volatile  inflam- 
mable liquid  shall  be  kept  in  vessels  in  a garage,  and  no 
volatile  inflammable  liquid  shall  be  drawn  except  into  approved 
safety  cans  of  a capacity  not  to  exceed  five  gallons  each,  and  then 
only  for  the  purpose  of  immediately  filling  the  tanks  of  automobiles 
contained  in  a garage,  when  not  in  use,  for  the  above  purpose,  said 
cans  must  be  placed  and  kept  in  the  pump  room  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. In  lieu  of  the  above  safety  cans,  portable  filling  tanks  not  to 
exceed  sixty-five  gallons  in  capacity  may  be  used  for  transporting 
volatile  inflammable  liquid  to  and  from  the  storage  tanks  for  filling 
and  charging  the  automobile.  The  said  portable  tanks  shall  be  sup- 
ported on  rubber-tired  wheels  and  shall  be  provided  with  a rubber 
hose  attachment  not  to  exceed  eight  feet  in  length,  equipped  at  the 
end  with  shut-off  valve  with  ground  key.  (R.  S.  54  4.) 

Sec.  262.  Fii’es  and  lights  under  automobiles.  All  fire  and  lights 
on  such  vehicles  or  under  the  boilers  thereof,  shall  be 
extinguished  upon  the  entry  of  such  vehicles  into  the  garage  within 
ten  feet  of  the  threshold  and  shall  not  be  lighted  while  the  same  is 
in  the  garage  until  the  vehicle  is  brought  within  fifty  feet  of  the 
threshold  of  the  exit.  (R.  C.  545.) 

Sec.  263.  Movable  incandescent  lights.  ^lovable  incandescent 
lights  in  the  garage  shall  be  protected  by  vapor-tight 
globes  inclosed  in  approved  metal  cages  and  shall  be  fitted  with  key- 
less sockets,  and  all  electric  switches  and  plugs  shall  be  permanently 
located  at  least  four  feet  above  the  floor.  (R.  C.  546.) 

Sec.  264.  Electric  chai'ging  apparatus.  Where  electric  charging 
apparatus  is  installed  or  placed  in  the  garage  all  such 
apparatus  except  the  wires  leading  to  the  automobiles  to  be  charged 
shall  be  placed  within  a separate  room  separated  from  the  main 
garage  by  fireproof  walls,  which  shall  not  be  inferior  in  fire-resisting 
qualities  to  reinforced  concrete  construction  four  inches  in  thickness, 
and  any  opening  from  said  room  into  the  main  garage  shall  be  pro- 
tected by  standard  fire  doors,  provided,  however,  that  the  provisions 
of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  buildings  occupied  for  garage  pur- 
poses at  the  time  of  the  passage  of  this  ordinance.  (R.  C.  547.) 

Sec.  265.  Smoking  prohibited.  No  person  shall  smoke  in  any 
garage.  A notice  in  large  letters  “No  Smoking”  shall 
be  kept  displayed  in  a conspicuous  place  and  manner  on  all  floors 
and  at  the  entrance  of  all  garages.  (R.  C.  548.) 

Sec.  266.  Inflaiimiable  liquids  not  to  l)e  used  for  cleaning,  etc. 

No  volatile  inflammable  liquid  shall  be  used  in  a garage 
for  cleaning  or  for  any  purpose  whatsoever,  other  than  filling  the 
tanks  of  automobiles.  No  such  liquid  shall  be  allowed  to  run  upon 
the  floor  or  to  fall  or  pass  into  the  drainage  system  of  a garage,  nor 
shall  any  such  liquid  be  put  into  or  removed  from  the  tank  of  a 
vehicle  while  any  light  or  fire  on  the  same  is  burning  and  no  such 

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liquid  shall  be  carried  or  kept  in  open  vessels  in  any  garage. 
(R.  C.  549.) 

Sec.  267.  Waste  boxes  on  floor,  etc.  On  the  floor  of  every  garage 
there  shall  be  constantly  kept  and  maintained  conven- 
ient receptacles  filled  with  sand  to  be  used  in  absorbing  waste  oils 
on  the  floor;  in  addition  thereto  sand  shall  be  kept  on  every  floor  in 
boxes  or  buckets  of  approved  construction  provided  with  hand  scoops 
to  be  used  for  fire  extinguishing  purposes  only.  There  shall  be  one 
such  box  or  bucket  for  each  two  thousand  square  feet  of  floor  area 
or  fraction  thereof,  or  in  lieu  of  such  boxes  or  buckets  there  may  be 
maintained  a cart  on  wheels  filled  with  sand,  such  cart  to  hold  not 
less  than  four  cubic  feet  of  sand,  in  which  case  there  shall  be  one 
-^such  cart  for  each  five  thousand  square  feet  of  fioor  area  or  fraction 
thereof.  (R.  C.  550.) 

Sec.  268.  Fire  extinguishers.  One  six-gallon  carbonic  acid  gas 
fire  extinguisher  of  approved  construction  shall  be  pro- 
vided and  conveniently  located  for  each  four  thousand  square  feet 
of  floor  space  or  fraction  thereof,  or  in  lieu  of  said  six-gallon  fire 
extinguishers  there  may  be  maintained  one  three-gallon  carbonic 
acid  gas  fire  extinguisher  of  approved  construction  for  each  two  thou- 
sand square  feet  of  fioor  space  or  fraction  thereof.  (R.  C.  551.) 

Sec.  260.  Metal  waste  cans.  Self-closing  metal  cans  set  firmly  on 
four-inch  legs  shall  be  kept  on  all  floors  of  every  garage 
into  which  all  infiammable  waste  materials  shall  be  deposited,  and 
there  shall  be  one  such  can  for  each  twenty-five  hundred  square  feet 
of  area  or  fraction  thereof.  (R.  C.  552.) 

Sec.  270.  Calcium  carbide,  how  kept.  Calcium  carbide  shall  be 
kept  in  pump  compartment,  at  least  six  inches  above 
the  floor,  in  air-tight  containers  provided  with  securely  fastened 
covers.  (R.  C.  553.) 

vSec.  271.  Posting  of  ordinance  required.  Two  printed  copies  of 
this  ordinance  shall  be  kept  conspicuously  posted  on 
each  floor  of  every  garage.  (R.  C.  554.) 

Sec.  272.  Penalty.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  who  shall 
violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be 
punished  by  a fine  not  less  than  twenty-five  nor  more  than  five  hun- 
dred dollars.  (R.  C.  555.)^ 

Sec.  273.  Definition  of  term  “approved.”  Wherever  the  word 
“approved”  occurs  in  this  ordinance  it  shall  be  under- 
stood to  mean  “Approved  by  the  Building  Commissioner.”  (R.  C. 
556.) 


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STONE  QUARRIES 


Sec.  27.5.  Hereafter  no  stone  <iiiaiTy  shall  be  opem-d  or  brick  kiln 
built,  or  soap  factory,  slaughter  house,  glue  factory, 
vitriol  factory,  tannery,  candle  factory,  livery  stable,  sales  stable, 

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boarding  stable,  or  any  other  stable,  whether  for  public  or  private 
use,  having  accommodations  for  ten  or  more  horses,  or  public  or  pri- 
vate garage  or  place  for  the  storing  or  caring  for  five  or  more  auto- 
mobiles, auto  trucks,  motor  cars  or  other  vehicles  using  gasoline  or 
other  volatile  inflammable  liquid  or  electricity  as  motive  power,  or 
public  repair  shop  for  automobiles,  auto  trucks  or  motor  cars,  shall 
be  opened,  built  or  established  on  any  lot  of  ground,  or  in  any  build- 
ing within  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  without  written  permission  so  to  do 
having  first  been  obtained  from  the  Board  of  Public  Service.  Ord. 
28157. 

Sec.  276.  No  stone  quaiTy  shall  hereafter  be  oi)ened,  or  brick  kiln 
located  or  slaughter  house,  glue  factory,  vitriol  factory, 
soap  factory,  candle  factory,  tannery,  rendering  factory,  or  garbage 
works  established  on  any  lot  of  ground  or  in  any  building  within  a 
distance  of  three  hundred  feet  of  any  building,  built  and  inhabited, 
or  any  building  used  as  a place  of  public  assemblage  before  the  open- 
ing, locating  or  establishing  of  any  of  the  classes  of  business  above 
mentioned.  Ord.  2 8157. 

Sec.  277.  No  livery  stable,  boarding  stable,  or  any  other  stable 
used  for  public  or  private  purposes  having  accommo- 
dations for  ten  or  more  horses  shall  hereafter  be  located  \vithin  fifty 
feet  of  any  existing,  inhabited  residence,  tenement  house  or  apart- 
ment house,  nor  within  one  hundred  feet  of  an  existing  building  used 
as  a place  of  public  assemblage.  Ord.  28157. 

Sec.  278.  No  garage  for  the  storing  or  caring  for  of  five  or  more 
automobiles,  auto  trucks  or  motor  cars,  charged  with 
gasoline  or  other  volatile,  inflammable  liquid,  or  electricity,  whether 
such  machines  are  owned  and  used  for  private  purposes  or  are  kept 
for  hire,  shall  hereafter  be  established  in  any  building  or  on  any 
premises  within  twenty-five  feet  of  an  existing  inhabited  residence, 
tenement  house,  apartment  house,  nor  within  one  hundred  feet  of  an 
existing  building  used  as  a place  of  public  assemblage.  Ord.  28157. 

Sec.  279.  No  repair  shop  for  automobiles,  motor  trucks  or  motor 
cars  charged  with  gasoline  or  other  volatile  inflamma- 
ble liquid  shall  be  established  in  any  building  within  twenty-five  feet 
of  an  existing  inhabited  residence,  tenement  house,  apartment  house, 
nor  within  one  hundred  feet  of  an  existing  building  used  as  a place 
of  public  assemblage.  Ord.  28157. 

Sec.  280.  Penalty.  Any  person,  firm,  or  corporation  violating  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  twenty-five  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars.  Each  day  such 
violation  exists  is  hereby  made  a separate  offense.  Ord.  28157. 


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AUTOMOBILE  FILLING  STATIONS 


CONSTRUCTION  AND  INSTALLATION  OF  TANKS 


Sec.  281.  Permit  required.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person, 
firm  or  corporation  to  establish  at  any  automobile  fill- 
ing station  any  plant  for  storage  of  gasoline  or  other  volatile  and 
inflammable  liquid  without  first  obtaining  from  the  Board 
of  Public  Service  a permit  to  do  so.  Ord.  28612. 

Sec.  282.  Volatile  and  inflammable  liquids  defined.  By  the  term 
“volatile  and  inflammable  liquid’’  is  meant  any  liquid 
which  when  tested  in  the  open  air  at  any  temperature  below  one  hun- 
dred degrees  Fahrenheit  will  give  forth  any  inflammable  vapor  or 
gas.  Ord.  28063, 

Sec.  28;5.  Application  for  permit  to  establish  storage  plant. — Fee. 

Each  person,  Arm,  or  corporation  desiring  to  establish 
at  any  automobile  filling  station  any  plant  for  storing  gasoline  or 
other  volatile  and  inflammable  liquid  or  liquids  shall  file  with  the 
Board  of  Public  Service  an  application  for  permit  to  do  so,  accom- 
panied by  a plat  drawn  to  scale  and  showing  the  location  of  the 
premises  to  be  used  for  such  storage  plant,  of  each  storage  tank 
installed  or  to  be  installed  thereon,  and  of  all  other  structures 
thereon  and  the  location  and  present  use  of  each  building  within  one 
hundred  feet  of  such  premises.  The  applicant  shall  also  deposit  a 
permit  fee  of  two  dollars.  Ord.  28612. 

Sec.  284.  The  Building  Commissioner  shall  investigate  each  such 
application  and  if  satisfied  that  such  proposed  storage 
plant  will  be  established  and  in  conformity  with  this  and  all  other 
ordinances  of  this  city,  the  Board  of  Public  Service  shall  grant  such 
permit,  subject  to  the  further  requirements  hereof,  but  if  the  Build- 
ing Commissioner  be  not  so  satisfied  the  Board  of  Public  Service 
may  refuse  such  permit  or  withhold  it  until  such  time  as  the  appli- 
cant shall,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Building  Commissioner,  conform 
such  application  to  the  requirements  of  this  and  the  other  ordinances 
of  this  city.  Ord.  28612. 

Sec.  285.  Permit  to  install  tank — Fee.  No  storage  plant  intend- 
ed for  storing  gasoline  or  other  volatile  and  inflamma- 
ble liquid  or  liquids  in  any  automobile  filling  station  shall  be  in- 
stalled except  in  compliance  with  this  ordinance  and  under  permit 
issued  by  the  Board  of  Public  Service  and  payment  of  an  inspection 
fee  of  two  dollars.  Ord.  28612. 

Sec.  286.  Location  of  tanks.  Each  tank  installed  above  ground 
under  this  ordinance  shall  be  located  at  least  twenty- 
five  feet  from  any  dwelling  and  three  hundred  feet  from  any  school, 
church,  theatre  or  other  place  of  public  assembly,  hospital,  asylum 
or  other  charitable  or  public  institution,  hotel  or  apartment  building. 
Ord.  28063. 


Sec.  287.  ImstiilLition  of  tfutks.  All  tanks  installed  under  this 
ordinance  shall  be  constructed  and  provided  with  con- 
nections as  herein  prescribed.  Such  tanks  above  ground  shall  be 

— 161 — . 


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— 162 — 


covered  or  otherwise  adequately  protected  against  the  action  of  the 
elements  and  danger  of  fire.  All  such  tanks  of  capacity  exceeding 
three  hundred  gallons  shall  be  installed  under  ground.  Such  under- 
ground tanks  shall  be  at  least  eighteen  inches  below  the  surface  and 
entirely  surrounded  by  at  least  six  inches  of  concrete  or  clay  or  sand, 
the  top  to  be  below  the  level  of  the  lowest  pipe  line  upon  the  storage 
premises.  Underground  tanks  beneath  any  building  shall  be  at  least 
three  feet  below  the  basement  or  cellar  floor.  No  underground  tank 
shall  be  nearer  than  six  inches  from  any  other  tank.  Ord.  28063. 

Sec.  288.  Construction  of  tanks.  All  tanks  installed  under  this 
ordinance  and  having  a capacity  not  exceeding  five 
hundred  gallons  shall  be  made  of  at  least  twelve-gauge  galvanized 
steel  or  black  open  hearth  steel  at  least  one-quarter  inch  in  thick- 
ness; such  tanks  exceeding  such  capacity  and  not  exceeding  two 
thousand  gallons’  capacity  shall  be  made  of  at  least  three-sixteenths 
inch  galvanized  steel  or  one-quarter  inch  black  open  hearth  steel;  all 
such  tanks  exceeding  two  thousand  gallons’  capacity  shall  be  ih- 
creased  in  thickness  according  to  the  recognized  ratio  for  steel  con- 
struction. All  such  tanks  of  galvanized  steel  shall  be  properly 
welded  or  riveted  and  soldered ; all  such  tanks  of  black  open  hearth 
steel  shall  be  properly  welded  or  riveted  and  caulked.  All  such 
tanks  shall  be  heavily  coated  outside  with  tar  or  other  rust-resisting 
material  and  shall  be  properly  vented.  Ord.  2 8063. 

Sec.  289.  Tank  coimections.  All  tanks  installed  under  this  ordi- 
nance and  located  within  or  beneath  any  building  shall 
be  provided  with  a one-inch  galvanized  vent  pipe  connected  with  the 
top  by  a connection  provided  wdth  a brass  wire  screen  of  at  least 
thirty  mesh,  and  such  vent  pipe  shall  extend  at  least  four  feet  above 
the  roof  of  such  building,  terminating  in  a double  goose  neck  spark 
protector  provided  with  a brass  wire  screen  of  at  least  thirty  mesh. 
All  pump  filler  pipe  connections  shall  be  galvanized  and  at  least 
two  inches  diameter  and  properly  protected  throughout.  Such  pipes 
shall  connect  with  underground  tanks  only  at  the  top  and  terminate 
in  a screw  cap  protected  by  a cast  iron  filled  box  flush  with  the  side- 
walk or  alley  or  outside  of  wall  of  containing  structure.  Filler  pipes 
connected  with  tanks  within  or  beneath  any  building  shall  extend  to 
the  outside  of  such  building  and  terminate  in  a screw  cap.  All  such 
screw  caps  shall  be  kept  securely  locked  except  while  in  actual  use. 
Ord.  28063. 


Sec.  290.  Violation  misdemeanor^ — Fine.  Any  person,  Arm  or 

corporation  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance shall  upon  conviction  be  adjudged  guilty  of  a misdemeanor, 
and  for  each  such  offense  shall  be  flned  not  less  than  twenty-five  nor 
more  than  five  hundred  dollars.  Ord.  28063. 


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Licensed  Cleaners  and  Dyers 

The  following  is  a complete  list  of  all  firms 
licensed  under  City  Ordinance  No.  26084  to  con- 
duct a cleaning  plant  within  the  City  of  St.  Louis, 
as  shown  by  the  License  Commissioner’s  Office 
at  the  time  this  book  went  to  press : 


NAME 

American  Steam  Dye  Works 

Banner  Dyeing  & Cleaning  Co.... 
Central  Cleaning  & Dyeing  Co..  .. 
Chapman  Bros.  Cl.  and  Dyeing  Co 
J.  O.  Chenoweth  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co. 

Continental  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 

Dodson-Spangler  Cl.  & Dyeing  -Co 

Enterprise  Cl.  & Dyeing  Co 

Eureka  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 

Eashion  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 

G.  Gaubatz  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 

Grand  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 

Grand  Laundr}"  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co.. 

R.  Grobel  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 

Holdenreid,  H.  J.  & Son 

Lungstras  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 

Metropolitan  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co.... 
C.  Morganthaler  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co. 

Morgens  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 

Mutual  Dyeing  & Cl 

North  End  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 

Paris  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 

Peckham  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 

Pontel  Cl.  & Dyeing  Co 

Schuck  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 

Scotts  Dyeing  & Cl  Co 

Silverstein  Garment  Cleaners 

South  Side  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 

Standard  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 

Staten  Island  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co.... 

Star  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 

Chas.  Todd  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 

U.  S.  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 

Walton  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 

\\’ashington  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 

West  End  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 

Yawitz  Dyeing  & Cl.  Co 


ADDRESS 

1117  N.  Vandeventer  Ave. 

3205  Meramec 

4536  Easton  Ave. 

3100  Arsenal  St. 

..  . . 1416  Washington  Ave. 

2416  N.  Newstead 

5869  Delmar  Ave. 

4285  Easton  Ave. 

4542  Gravois 

4234  Olive  St 

4387  Laclede  Ave. 

3128  Easton  Ave. 

.3033  Laclede  Ave.  (rear) 

2623  Gravois 

2900  Indiana  Ave. 

1300  Park  Ave. 

1033  N.  Grand  Ave. 

1000  Wash  St 

3407  Olive  St 

4536  Easton  Ave. 

2006  N.  Grand  Ave. 

4245  Easton  Ave. 

4455  Olive  St 

5337  Easton  Ave. 

4110  Olive  St 

3829  Olive  St 

....4121  Washington  Ave. 

3823  S.  Broadway 

3444  Gravois 

. . . .2v306  Washington  Ave. 
.;  ...  .2515  N.  Grand  Ave. 

707  Lynch  St. 

517  N.  Channing 

1367  Semple  Ave. 

5591  Wells  Ave 

5005  Delmar  Ave. 

916  Whittier  St. 


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DRY  CLEANING  ESTABLISHMENTS. 


Sec.  291.  License— Application.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation  to  engage  in  or 
carry  on  within  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  the  business  of  dry  cleaning 
in  which  gasoline,  naphtha,  benzine  or  other  volatile  oils  are  used 
as  a solvent  or  cleanser  without  first  obtaining  a license  as  herein- 
after provided  for  each  dry  cleaning  establishment  proposed  to  be 
conducted  by  such  persons,  firm  or  corporation.  Application  for  such 
license  shall  be  made  in  writing  to  the  license  collector  and  shall 
contain  the  full  name  of  the  applicant,  the  location  of  the  place  at 
which  it  is  desired  or  intended  to  carry  on  such  business  and  a brief 
description  of  the  place  of  business  of  the  applicant  for  which  a 
license  is  desired.  A separate  application  shall  be  made  for  each  dry 
cleaning  establishment  carried  on  or  conducted  by  the  applicant 
wherever  located  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis.  Every  such  application 
shall  be  approved  by  the  Building  Commissioner  and  chief  of  the 
fire  department  of  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  before  a license  shall  be  Is- 
sued. If  it  shall  appear  from  the  application  so  filed  and  approved 
that  the  premises  in  which  the  applicant  proposes  to  carry  on  or  con- 
duct a dry  cleaning  business  conform  to  the  requirements  of  this 
ordinance,  then  upon  the  payment  to  the  license  collector  of  the 
license  fee  hereinafter  provided  for,  the  license  collector  shall  there- 
upon issue  a license  authorizing  such  applicant  to  engage  in  or  carry 
on  the  business  of  dry  cleaning  in  the  place  designated  in  the  license 
and  for  the  period  therein  stated.  Said  license  may  be  revoked  by 
the  mayor  upon  conviction  at  any  time  for  a violation  of  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance.  Said  license  shall  be  at  all  times  dis- 
played in  some  conspicuous  place  on  the  premises.  (R.  C.  2137.) 

Sec.  292.  License^ — Inspection  and  certificate  fee.  The  license  fee 
is  hereby  fixed  at  twenty-five  dollars  per  annum,  pay- 
able in  advance;  and  no  reduction  shall  be  made  for  a license  issued 
for  a period  of  less  than  one  year;  and  the  fee  for  inspection  and  the 
issuance  of  a certificate  by  the  Building  Commissioner  shall  be  two 
dollars.  (R.  C.  2138.) 

Sec.  293.  Room — ^Building— Construction — Ventilation — Equip- 
ment— Lighting.  Every  building  or  room  used  or  in- 
tended to  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  or  carrying  on  the 
business  of  dry  cleaning  in  which  gasoline,  naphtha,  benzine,  or 
other  volatile  oils  are  used  as  a solvent  or  cleanser,  shall,  when  said 
building  or  room  is  within  fifty  feet  of  any  other  building  or  struct- 
ure other  than  the  buildings  or  structures  upon  the  premises  where- 
on such  dry  cleaning  business  is  carried  on  and  which  are  used  in 
said  premises,  be  constructed  according  to  the  following  specifica- 
tions: 


— 165— 


Every  suob  building  or  room  shall  be  built  of  brick,  stone,  con- 
crete, or  some  other  approved  fireproof  construction.  There  shall 
be  no  openings  through  floors.  Every  such  room  or  building  shall 
be  detached  or  separated  by  a fire  wall  from  all  other  buildings  or 
rooms,  and  any  openings  in  said  fire  walls  shall  be  provided  with  an 
automatic  wood  metal  clad  fire  door,  each  side  of  wall,  at  opening 
and  shall  not  be  occupied  for  any  purpose  than  the  conduct  of  a dry 
cleaning  plant.  The  walls  of  said  buildings  or  rooms  shall  have  vent 
holes  at  the  floor  line,  and  not  less  than  sixteen  square  inches  in  area, 
not  more  than  six  feet  apart  from  center  to  center,  properly  pro- 
tected by  iron  bars  or  screens,  or  the  building  or  room  may  be 
equipped  with  a metal  pipe,  not  less  than  six  inches  in  diameter; 
said  pipe  to  have  extensions  not  exceeding  fifteen  feet  apart,  said 
extensions  to  be  brought  to  within  six  inches  of  the  floor  line,  said 
pipe  to  be  provided  with  exhaust  fans.  Each  dry  cleaning  room 
of  such  building  shall  be  equipped  with  a line  of  at  least  one  and 
one-fourth  inch  pipe  connected  direct  with  boiler  and  having  down 
spout  of  at  least  two  feet  in  length  and  not  more  than  fifteen  feet 
apart.  (R.  C.  2139.) 

Sec.  294.  Handling  of  oils.  All  of  the  gasoline,  naphtha,  ben- 
zine, benzole  and  other  volatile  liquids  used  in  the  dry 
cleaning  business  shall  be  stored  in  underground  tanks,  according  to 
the  specifications  as  required  herein: 

First.  No  more  than  six  tanks  of  one  thousand  gallons  capacity 
each  shall  be  allowed. 

Second.  All  tanks  shall  be  constructed  of  steel  of  standard  speci- 
fication gauge  and  shall  be  installed  underground  not  less  than  three 
feet  below  the  surface,  entirely  surrounded  by  concrete  or  sand  not 
less  than  six  inches  thick. 

Third.  Should  there  be  more  than  one  tank  they  shall  be  sepa- 
rated by  at  least  six  inches,  and  said  space  shall  be  filled  with  con- 
crete or  sand  well  tamped  in  place;  the  top  of  all  tanks  must  be 
below  the  level  of  the  lowest  pipe  line  in  the  buildings  used  in  con- 
nection with  the  equipment  unless  pressure  system  is  used. 

Fourth.  All  storage  tanks  shall  be  provided  with  one  inch  in 
diameter  or  larger  galvanized  iron  vent  pipe,  same  to  be  connected 
through  the  top  of  tank  unless  pressure  system  is  used. 

Fifth.  The  vent  pipes  must  be  carried  up  at  least  four  feet  above 
the  roof  of  said  building  and  terminate  in  double  gooseneck  spark 
protector,  opening  of  which  must  be  covered  with  a brass  wire  screen 
of  at  least  fifty  mesh. 

Sixth.  Gasoline  used  for  cleaning  purposes  must  be  conveyed 
direct  from  storage  tanks  to  machines  and  from  machines  to  storage 
tanks  through  piping,  except  that  not  to  exceed  one  gallon  of  gaso- 
line when  contained  in  an  approved  safety  can,  may  be  used  for  spot- 
ting, and  a necessary  quantity  of  gasoline  may  be  stored  in  a vessel 
for  rinsing  and  scrubbing  in  dry  cleaning  room  only. 

Seventh.  Filler  pipe  must  be  made  of  galvanized  iron  pipes  not 
less  than  one  and  one-fourth  inch  in  diameter,  entering  at  the  top  of 
the  tank  and  extending  to  the  bottom  of  same,  and  upper  end  in  said 
filler  pipe  must  terminate  in  a screw  cap,  securely  locked.  Said 
filler  pipe  must  run  to  a sidewalk  or  to  an  alley  or  other  public  high- 
way and  terminate  in  a screw  cap,  securely  locked  and  be  protected 
by  a cast  iron  filler  box,  same  to  be  flush  v/ith  the  sidewalk  or  alley 
or  face  of  wall,  the  cover  of  said  filler  box  to  be  securely  locked. 
(R.  C.  2140.) 


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Sec.  295.  Boiler  and  power  requirements.  The  boiler  shall  carry 
a sufficient  steam  pressure  to  admit  of  fiooding  the  dry 
cleaning  room  with  steam  in  case  of  fire,  and  the  valves  operating 
such  line  of  pipe  shall  in  every  case  be  placed  outside  building  or 
room.  All  doors  in  any  such  building  protecting  exterior  openings 
shall  open  outward,  and  all  such  doors  shall  be  metal-clad  wood 
doors.  All  window  openings  of  such  building  or  dry  cleaning  room 
shall  be  protected  by  standard  metal  windows,  glazed  with  wire 
glass.  Every  such  building  shall  have  at  least  one  outside  stairway 
or  fire  escape  of  iron  constructed  in  compliance  with  the  State  law. 
Every  such  building  or  dry  cleaning  room  shall  be  lighted  by  elec- 
tricity in  the  most  approved  manner,  the  wires  to  be  run  in  conduits; 
all  lamps  must  be  vapor-proof  lamps  with  keyless  sockets.  Switches 
and  cutoffs  must  not  be  located  in  rooms  where  business  of  dry  clean- 
ing is  carried  on.  Whenever  steam  power  shall  be  used  for  the 
operation  of  any  machinery  contained  in  any  such  dry  cleaning 
establishment,  the  boiler  shall  be  located  in  a separate  building  and 
so  situated  that  the  line  of  travel  for  gases  between  the  boiler  and 
the  nearest  opening  into  the  cleaning  room  will  be  not  less  than 
twenty-five  feet,  and  whenever  electrical  power  is  used  electric  motor 
furnishing  such  power  shall  be  located  outside  of  the  cleaning  and 
drying  room.  Provided,  however,  that  when  boilers  or  electric  mo- 
tors are  located  within  the  same  building  and  have  less  than  twenty- 
five  feet  in  height  intervening  between  the  roof  of  said  boiler  room 
and  floor  of  said  dry  cleaning  room,  the  said  intervening  space  to 
have  sufflcient  ventilating  openings,  the  number  and  location  to  be 
approved  by  the  Building  Commissioner,  that  they  shall  be  installed 
in  a separate  room,  separated  from  the  dry  cleaning  and  drying 
rooms  by  a solid  brick  or  concrete  wall  without  communicating  open- 
ings. (R.  C.  2141.) 


Sec.  296.  Vent  pipe  in  dry  rooms.  Dry  rooms  shall  have  an 
eight  inch  vent  opening  into  the  atmosphere  for  each 
four  hundred  fifty  cubic  feet  of  space  or  fraction  thereof.  Said  vent 
pipe  shall  be  carried  up  to  a height  of  two  feet  above  the  roof  of 
said  building  and  terminate  in  an  improved  ventilator  hood.  (R.  C. 
2142.) 


Sec.  297.  Unlawful  to  carry  on  di'y  cleaning  business  in  tene- 
ments, etc.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons, firms  or  corporation  to  carry  on  or  conduct  the  business  of  dry 
cleaning  in  which  gasoline,  naphtha,  benzine  or  other  volatile  oils 
are  used  as  a solvent  or  cleanser  in  any  tenement  house  or  in  any 
building,  any  portion  of  which  is  used  or  intended  to  be  used  as  a 
sleeping  apartment  or  dwelling  place.  (R.  C.  2143.) 


Sec.  298.  Penalty.  Any  person  or  persons,  firms  or  corporations 
violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall 
be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars  for  each  offense,  and  each  and  every  day  on  which  any  such 
person  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation  shall  conduct  or  engage  in  or 
cause  to  be  conducted  or  engaged  in  the  business  of  dry  cleaning  in 
violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinanse  shall  constitute 
a separate  and  distinct  offense.  (R.  C.  2144.) 


—167 — 


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CONTRACTORS  OF 

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and 

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1428  OLIVE  STREET 
ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 


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C.  O.  Smith  Plumbing  Co. 

4025  FOREST  PARK  BOULEVARD 

C.  O.  SMITH,  President  E.  J.  HANLEY,  Vice-President 

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Kinloch,  Victor  205  Bell,  Grand  2382 

(Registered  Plumber) 

A,  L.  KIEL 

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Plumber 
Drain  Layer 

Gas  Fitter  ST.  LOUIS 


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RULES  GOVERNING 


INSTALLATION  AND  INSPECTION 
PLUMBING  AND  DRAINLAYING 


PLUMBING  ORDINANCE 


Sec.  2.  The  Division  of  Building  and  Inspection  is  hereby 
charged  with  the  supervision  of  plumbing  and  drainlaying 
and  all  matters  pertaining  thereto.  Ord.  28627. 

Sec.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  Inspector  of  Plumbing  to 
receive  and  examine  all  applications  and  plans  of  proposed 
plumbing  work  or  drainlaying,  and  if  the  same  are,  in  all  respects, 
found  to  be  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  he 
shall  submit  them  to  the  Building  Commissioner,  who  shall  approve 
them.  He  shall  investigate  all  cases  reported  or  referred  to  him  of 
imperfect  work  or  material,  old  or  new,  and  report  his  finding  to  the 
Building  Commissioner.  He  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  Build- 
ing Commissioner,  have  charge  of  all  employees  in  the  plumbing 
branch  of  the  Division  of  Building  and  Inspection,  and  shall  see  that 
all  inspectors  perform  their  duties  faithfully.  He  shall  supervise  all 
water  and  sewer  connections  and  all  excavations  made  for  the  pur- 
pose of  making  or  repairing  the  same  and  while  so  acting,  he  shall 
be  the  agent  and  representative  of  the  Director  of  Public  Utilities 
and  of  the  Director  of  Streets  and  Sewers,  and  shall  act  under  their 
instructions  in  matters  pertaining  to  their  respective  departments,  in 
a manner  and  to  the  extent  necessary  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of 
the  ordinances  regulating  plumbing  and  drainlaying.  He  shall  cause 
the  inspectors  to  inspect  the  plumbing  and  drainage  of  all  buildings 
in  the  course  • of  erection,  alteration,  reconstruction,  or  repair  as 
often  as  may  be  necessary.  He  shall  see  that  all  plumbing,  drain- 
laying, and  sewer  work  is  done  in  accordance  with  the  rules  and  reg- 
ulations prescribed  by  this  ordinance  and  that  the  work  is  done  by 
persons  who  are  duly  authorized  to  do  such  work.  He  shall  make  a 
report  to  the  Building  Commissioner  of  all  acts  and  such. details  as  ^ 

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McNAMARA  PLUMBING  CO. 

5376  Easton  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
HIGH-GRADE  PLUMBING 

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Institutions  in  This  Section  of  the  Country, 
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Phone,  Victor  ISIO-K  Phone,  (Jr.-uid  3G(!6-K 

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ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

Phones:  Main  Office,  3225  Park  Avenue 

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to  imperfect  or  unlawful  work  as  may  be  discovered  by  him.  He 
may,  with  the  approval  of  the  Building  Commissioner,  divide  the 
city  into  districts  and  assign  an  inspector  to  each  district.  Ord. 
28627. 

See.  6.  The  Board  of  Examiners  of  Plumbers.  The  Board  of  Pub- 
lic Service  shall  appoint  one  master  or  employing  plumber 
and  one  journeyman  plumber  each  of  whom  shall  be  a citizen  of  the 
State  of  Misouri,  and  who  shall  have  been  a resident  of  the  city  of  St. 
Louis  for  at  least  three  years  next  before  his  appointment,  and  who 
shall  have  been  actively  engaged  at  the  trade  or  business  of  plumbing 
for  not  less  than  five  years.  The  two  members,  together  with  the 
Chief  Inspector  of  plumbing,  who  shall  be  chairman  ex-officio,  shall 
constitute  the  Board  of  Examiners  of  Plumbers.  Ord.  28G27. 

Sec.  7.  Tenn  of  office — Compensation.  The  members  of  the 
Board  of  Examiners  of  Plumbers,  except  the  Chief  In- 
spector of  Plumbing,  shall  hold  office  during  the  term  of  office  of  the 
members  of  the  Board  of  Public  Service  appointing  them  and  until 
their  successors  are  qualified,  unless  removed  for  cause  by  the  Board 
of  Public  Service.  They  shall,  except  the  Chief  Inspector  of  Plumb- 
ing, receive  a salary  of  twenty-five  dollars  each  per  month,  payable 
semi-monthly,  and  shall  give  bond  in  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars 
each,  to  be  approved  by  the  Comptroller.  Ord.  28627. 

Sec.  8.  Duties  of  the  Board  of  Examiners  of  Plumbers.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Examiners  of  Plumbers  to 
meet  once  each  month,  or  as  often  as  necessity  may  require,  for  the 
examination  of  applicants  for  license  as  plumbers,  or  to  hear  and 
determine  any  charges  which  may  be  lawfully  made  against  any 
master  or  journeyman  plumber,  and  for  the  transaction  of  any  other 
lawful  business  of  the  board.  The  Board  of  Public  Service  shall  pro- 
vide suitable  quarters  for  the  use  of  the  Board  of  Examiners  of 
Plumbers.  Ord.  28627. 

Sec.  9.  Secretary  of  Board — Duties.  The  clerk  of  the  Chief  In- 
spector of  Plumbing  shall  be  secretary  of  the  Board  of 
Examiners  of  Plumbers,  and  shall  be  required  to  execute  a bond  to 
the  city  of  St.  Louis  in  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars  to  be  ap- 
proved by  the  Comptroller.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  keep  a full  and 
complete  record  of  the  proceedings  and  acts  of  said  board.  He  shall 
register  in  a book  kept  by  him  for  that  purpose,  the  name,  residence 
and  place  of  business  of  every  licensed  person  engaged  in  or  working 
at  the  business  of  plumbing  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis.  He  shall  pro- 
vide all  applicants  with  license  application  blanks,  and  shall  receive 
and  file  same  with  the  board  when  filled  out  by  the  applicant.  Ord. 
28627. 


Sec.  10.  Qualificaitons  of  licensed  plumbers.  Upon  satisfactory 
proof  of  the  qualifications  and  fitness  of  the  applicant 
for  plumbing  license,  the  Board  of  Examiners  of  Plumbers  shall 
thereupon  issue  to  the  applicant  a certification  of  qualification  which 
shall  entitle  him  to  a license  to  engage  in  the  business  of  plumbing 
as  master  or  employing  plumber  or  to  work  at  the  trade  as  journey- 
man plumber  for  a period  of  one  year.  No  person  shall  be  entitled  to 
obtain  from  said  board  a certification  of  qualification  as  master  or 
employing  plumber  or  as  a journeyman  plumber  until  he  shall  have 
first  passed  a satisfactory  examination  before  said  board  as  to  his 
knowledge,  experience  and  skill  of  practical  plumbing,  house-drain- 
ing and  plumbing  ventilation.  Ord.  28627. 

Sec.  11.  Examining  fee.  The  examining  fee  for  license  as  master 
or  employing  plumber  or  as  a journeyman  plumber  shall 
be  one  dollar,  which  fee,  pending  the  filing  of  application  for  exam- 

— 171 — 


ination,  shall  be  paid  to  the  Building  Commissioner,  and  by  him  to 
the  Treasurer  of  the  city  of  St.  Louis.  Each  license  issued  by  said 
board  shall  be  renewed  annually  upon  filing  a written  application 
with  the  secretary  of  said  board,  and  the  payment  of  a fee  of  one 
dollar  to  the  Building  Commissioner.  Ord.  28627. 

Sec.  12.  Power  to  revoke  a license.  The  Board  of  Examiners  of 
Plumbers  shall  have  power  to  revoke  any  license  issued 
by  it  upon  satisfactory  proof  that  the  holder  of  such  license  obtained 
the  same  by  fraud  or  misrepresentation  or  has  been  convicted  of  the 
violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  relating  to  plumbing  and 
if  any  such  license  shall  be  revoked  the  same  shall  not  be  reinstated 
within  three  months  thereafter.  Ord.  28627. 

Sec.  13.  License— Registration.  No  person,  except  an  apprentice 
working  for  a bonded  and  licensed  plumber,  shall  work 
at  the  trade  or  engage  in  the  business  of  plumbing  until  he  shall 
have  first  obtained  from  the  Board  of  Examiners  of  Plumbers  a cer- 
tificate of  qualification  as  provided  by  section  10,  of  this  ordinance, 
nor  shall  any  person  or  the  member  of  any  firm  or  officer  of  any  cor- 
poration, or  the  agent  of  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  after  pro- 
curing said  certificate  engage  in  or  work  at  the  business  of  plumbing 
or  engage  in  the  business  of  drainlaying  without  first  registering  his 
name  and  address,  as  well  as  the  location  of  his,  theirs  or  its  place  of 
business,  with  the  secretary  of  the  Board  of  Examiners  of  Plumbers. 
Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  whose  members  or  officers  are  so 
registered,  shall  notify  the  Building  Commissioner  of  any  change  in 
the  place  of  business  within  five  days  after  the  same  shall  have  been 
made.  Ord.  28627. 

Sec.  14.  Drainlayers  and  sewer  builders. — Master  or  employing 
plumber,  drainlayer  to  display  certificate.  Obtaining  cer- 
tificate— Appeal — Revocation — Certificate  to  be  used  only  by  person 
to  whom  issued.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  master  or  employing 
drainlayer  to  secure  from  the  Board  of  Examiners  of  Plumbers  a 
certificate  of  registration  as  drainlayer,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
every  master  or  employing  or  journeyman  plumber  and  every  mas- 
ter or  employing  drainlayer  to  show  on  demand  his  license  or  cer- 
tificate to  engage  in  such  work  to  any  inspector  of  the  division  of 
building  and  inspection,  or  to  any  policeman.  The  certificate  shall 
specify  the  kind  of  work  the  person  to  whom  it  has  been  issued  is 
authorized  to  do.  The  certificate  for  drainlaying  shall,  without 
charge,  be  given  for  one  year  from  date  thereof  to  all  persons  who 
furnish  satisfactory  evidence  of  their  skill  and  experience  in  the 
kind  of  work  the  applicant  desires  to  do.  Persons  to  whom  a cer- 
tificate is  refused  shall  have  the  right  to  appeal  to  the  Board  of 
Public  Service,  and  in  prosecuting  such  appeal  to  present  oral  and 
documentary  evidence  of  fitness.  The  Board  of  Examiners  of  Plumb- 
ers may,  after  notice  and  opportunity  to  be  heard,  suspend  any  cer- 
tificate for  a definite  period  or  cancel  same,  if  the  person  to  whom 
issued  be  found  guilty  of  violating  the  ordinances  relating  to  plumb- 
ing or  drainlaying  or  is  shown  to  be  negligent,  unskillful,  or  unfaith- 
ful in  his  work  or  to  be  a person  unfit  or  unworthy  of  being  trusted 
or  employed  in  the  work  of  plumbing  and  drainlaying.  The  work 
done  by  any  unlicensed  or  uncertified  master,  employing,  or  journey- 
man plumber  or  master  or  employing  drainlayer,  or  one  whose 
license  or  certificate  has  expired,  been  suspended  or  canceled,  shall 
not  be  inspected  or  accepted.  No  license  or  certificate  shall  be  used 
by  any  person,  other  than  the  one  to  whom  such  license  or  certificate 
was  issued.  Any  certificate  or  license  found  in  the  possession  of,  and 
being  used  by  any  other  person,  shall  be  taken  up  by  any  inspector 
of  the  division  of  building  and  inspection  or  any  policeman  and  re- 
turned to  the  Building  Commissioner,  who  shall  immediately  deliver 

— 172— 


such  certificate  or  license  to  the  Board  of  Examiners  of  Plumbers,  to 
be  acted  upon  by  said  board,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance.  Ord  28627. 

Sec.  15.  Suspen.sion  or  cancellation  of  certificate.  Said  Board  of 
Examiners  of  Plumbers  shall  have  power  and  is  directed 
to  suspend  for  a definite  time  or  to  cancel  at  the  discretion  of  the 
board  any  certificate  or  authority  granted  if,  after  ten  days’  notice 
an  opportunity  to  be  heard,  the  party  named  in  such  certificate  is 
found  to  have  been  prior  to  such  notice  guilty  of  violating  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance.  Ord.  28627. 

Sec.  16.  Appeals.  First,  whenever  any  person  shall  be  aggrieved 
by  any  finding  or  decision  of  the  Board  of  Examiners  of 
Plumbers,  such  person  may  appeal  from  such  finding  or  decision  to 
the  Board  of  Public  Service.  Second,  no  such  appeal  shall  be  allowed 
by  the. Board  of  Public  Service  unless  the  appellant  shall  first  deposit 
with  the  clerk  of  the  Board  of  Examiners  of  Plumbers  the  sum  of  ten 
dollars  as  costs  of  such  appeal,  to  be  taxed  as  hereinafter  provided, 
and  shall  within  ten  days  after  the  finding  or  decision  of  the  Board 
of  Examiners  of  Plumbers  appealed  from,  file  with  the  said  Board  of 
Public  Service  his  petition  stating  wherein  he  has  been  prejudiced  or 
aggrieved  by  the  finding  or  decision  of  said  Board  of  Examiners  of 
Plumbers.  If  the  appellant  shall  prevail  on  appeal,  his  deposit  for 
costs  shall  be  returned  to  him  by  the  clerk  of  the  Board  of  Exam- 
iners of  Plumbers.'  If  the  decision  of  the  Board  be  sustained,  said 
fee  shall  be  paid  to  the  Building  Commissioner  and  by  him  to  the 
City  Treasurer.  Third,  whenever  any  person  shall  have  complied 
with  the  provisions  of  clause  two  of  this  section,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Board  of  Public  Service,  within  twenty  days  thereafter,  to 
examine  into  and  determine  said  appeal,  and  if  said  Board  be  of  the 
opinion  that  a correct  determination  of  appellant’s  complaint  cannot 
be  had  without  the  aid  of  the  Board  of  Examiners  of  Plumbers,  they 
shall  call  said  Board  before  them  to  aid  in  determining  said  appeal, 
and  said  Board  of  Examiners  of  Plumbers,  when  notified  that  their 
aid  and  advice  are  required  by  the  Board  of  Public  Service,  shall  ap- 
pear before  said  Board  and  assist  in  the  determination  of  all  appeals. 
The  Board  of  Public  Service  shall  certify  to  the  Board  of  Examiners 
of  Plumbers  the  result  of  its  determination  of  all  appeals,  and  when 
so  certified  the  same  shall  be  spread  upon  the  records  of  the  Board 
of  Examiners  of  Plumbers,  and  said  Board  of  Examiners  of  Plumb- 
ers shall  be  governed  by  and  forthwith  make  all  necessary  orders  to 
give  full  force  and  effect  to  the  decision  of  said  Board  of  Public 
Service.  Ord,  28627. 

Sec.  17.  Plumber  and  drainlayer  to  give  bond.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  every  person  or  firm  and  the  agent  of  every  such 
corporation  to  give  bond  to  the  city  of  St.  Louis  is  the  sum  of  two 
thousand  dollars  as  plumber  and  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars  as 
drainlayer.  Said  bond  or  bonds  shall  be  signed  by  a solvent  surety 
company  authorized  to  do  business  in  this  city  as  a surety,  or  by  two 
good  and  sufficient  sureties,  holders  of  unincumbered  real  estate  in 
the  city  of  St.  Louis.  Said  bond  or  bonds  shall  be  approved  by  the 
Comptroller,  and  shall  be  filed  with  the  Register  of  the  city  of  St. 
Louis,  and  conditioned  that  the  party  principal  therein  will  faith- 
fully observe  all  ordinances  of  the  city  of  St.  Louis  regulating  plumb- 
ing, drainlaying,  ventilation  and  excavation,  and  that  all  plumbing 
and  drainlaying  work  done  by  such  principal,  or  under  the  direction 
of  such  principal  shall  be  executed  in  a workmanlike  manner;  that 
such  principals  will  employ  no  journeyman  plumber  except  he  be 
regularly  licensed  as  herein  required;  that  they  will  indemnify  and 
save  harmless  the  city  of  St.  Louis  from  all  accidents  and  damages 
caused  by  any  negligence  in  protecting  their  work  or  by  any  unlaw- 
ful or  inadequate  work  done  by  themselves  or  their  employes.  Said 

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bond  shall  also  be  for  the  benefit  of  persons  injured,  or  whose  prop- 
erty is  injured  by  any  violation  of,  or  neglect  to  observe  the  require- 
ments of  this  ordinance.  Said  bond  shall  be  renewed  at  intervals 
of  four  years;  provided,  however,  that  if  the  security  shall  become 
impaired,  the  Comptroller,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Building 
Commissioner,  shall  demand  that  additional  security  be  given.  Ord. 
28627. 

Sec.  18.  Plumbing  and  drainlaying  defined.  Drainlaying,  as  here- 
in regulated,  is  defined  to  include  the  connection,  with 
the  public,  district,  joint-district,  or  private  sewer,  and  such  pipes 
as  may  be  laid  beneath  the  surface,  and  more  than  five  feet  outside 
of  the  foundation  walls  of  the  building  drained  if  such  building  con- 
tain plumbing;  or  which  may  be  intended  solely  to  drain  the  foun- 
dations, cellars  and  roofs  of  buildings  which  do  not  contain  plumb- 
ing. Plumbing  is  hereby  defined  to  include  the  pipes,  fixtures,  and  all 
appurtenances  thereto,  which  are  used  to  conduct  water  to  and  dis- 
tribute it  in  or  about  any  premises  or  building  for  any  use  what- 
soever; all  pipes  and  appurtenances  used  or  to  housed  for  conveying 
liquid  or  water  within  and  to  a distance  of  five  feet  outside  of  the 
foundation  walls  of  any  building  and  all  pipes  and  appurtenances 
used  to  ventilate  the  drains,  fixtures,  and  traps  in  any  building;  and 
all  pipes  and  connections,  through  which  gases,  vapors  or  wastes 
of  any  kind  may  be  discharged  into  drains  or  sewers.  Ord.  28627. 

Sec.  19.  Plumbers — Drainlayers — Permits — Signs.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  every  bonded  and  registered  plumber  or  cer- 
tified drainlayer  to  display  at  his,  their  or  its  place  of  business,  in  a 
conspicuous  position  his  name;  if  a firm,  the  firm  name,  as  well  as 
the  name  of  the  persons  composing  it;  if  a corporation  its  corporate 
name  and  the  names  of  its  officers,  as  well  as  the  name  of  the  agent, 
if  any,  through  which  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  does  busi- 
ness, and  the  words  “Registered  Plumber”  or  “Certified  Drainlayer” 
or  “Registered  Plumber  and  Certified  Drainlayer”  in  letters  not  less 
than  three  inches  in  height.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  or 
the  members  of  any  firm,  or  the  officers  of  any  corporation,  or  the 
agent  of  any  person,  firm  or  corporation,  not  so  registered,  or  whose 
certificate  of  registration  has  been  suspended  or  canceled,  to  exhibit 
the  sign  hereinbefore  described  or  to  exhibit  any  sign  by  which  he 
represents  himself  to  be  a plumber  authorized  to  do  plumbing  or 
drainlaying  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis.  No  person  or  member  of  a firm 
or  officer  of  a corporation,  or  the  agent  of  any  person,  firm  or  cor- 
poration not  so  registered  or  whose  license  or  certificate  of  registra- 
tion has  been  suspended  or  canceled  shall  be  granted  a permit  to 
make  or  repair  any  sewer,  drain,  or  connection  therewith  or  to  do 
any  work  upon  pipes  or  appurtenances  connected  with  the  sewers  or 
the  water  pipes  of  the  city  of  St.  Louis.  It  is  further  made  the  duty 
of  all  plumbers  and  drainlayers  to  furnish,  when  requested  by  the 
Building  Commissioner,  the  full  names  of  all  workmen  employed 
upon  any  job  or  piece  of  work  at  any  time  within  one  year,  next, 
after  the  completion  and  acceptance  of  the  work.  Ord.  28627. 

Sec.  20.  Application — Plans  to  be  filed.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
every  plumber  or  drainlayer  before  commencing  the  con- 
struction of  new  or  reconstruction  or  repair  of  old  work  (except 
minor  repairs)  to  file  in  the  office  of  the  Division  of  Building  and 
Inspection  a written  application  together  with  plans  showing  the 
location  of  the  building  or  premises,  the  entire  work  to  be  done,  the 
course  of  the  drains,  soil,  supply,  waste,  and  ventilation  pipes,  the 
number  of  fixtures,  their  arrangement  and  connection,  the  position 
and  number  of  traps,  their  ventilation,  the  number  of  sewers,  soil 
pipe  stacks,  and  such  other  details  as  the  Building  Commissioner 
may  lawfully  require.  If  the  matters  appearing  upon  the  plans  or 

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mentioned  in  the  application  for  a permit  are  not  in  accordance  with 
this  ordinance,  the  Building  Commissioner  shall  refuse  to  issue  a 
permit,  and  shall  return  such  plan  or  application,  or  both,  to  the 
party  presenting  them  for  the  necessary  corrections.  When  such 
application  and  plans  are  corrected  so  as  to  conform  in  every  respect 
with  this  ordinance,  he  shall  issue  a permit  and  file  said  application 
and  plan.  If,  during  the  progress  of  the  work,  it  is  desired  to  mate- 
rially deviate  in  any  manner  affecting  the  construction  or  other  im- 
portant essentials  of  the  plumbing  or  drainage  work  from  the  terms 
of  the  application  or  description  in  the  plans,  a notice  in  writing  of 
said  intention  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  division  of  building 
and  inspection  and  the  written  assent  of  the  Building  Commissioner 
shall  be  obtained  before  such  deviation  is  made.  Ord.  2 8G2  7. 

Sec.  21.  Permits  required.  No  plumbing  or  drainage  work  (ex- 
cept minor  repairs)  shall  be  commenced  in  any  building 
or  on  any  lot  or  premises  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis  without  a permit 
first  having  been  obtained  from  the  Division  of  Building  and  Inspec- 
tion authorizing  such  work  to  be  done.  “Minor  repairs,"  as  used  in 
this  ordinance,  shall  be  construed  to  mean  repair  of  leaks  in  drains, 
pipes,  traps,  or  cocks,  opening  waste  or  supply  pipes,  traps,  or  drains 
or  repairing  broken  fixtures  or  frozen  pipes.  “Minor  repairs"  shall 
not  include  the  doing  of  any  work  where  connections  to  soil  pipes, 
waste  pipes,  or  vent  pipes  are  disturbed  or  leader  pipes  are  used.  The 
above  provisions  requiring  permits  shall  apply  with  equal  force  to 
plumbing  or  drainlaying  done  in  any  private  building,  lot,  or  prem- 
ises at  the  command  of  the  Building  Commissioner,  Director  of  Pub- 
lic Welfare,  or  other  authorized  city  officer  or  board.  No  house, 
building,  or  premises  shall  be  connected  with  the  water  mains  of  the 
City  of  St.  Louis  without  a permit  having  first  been  obtained  from 
the  department  of  public  utilities  authorizing  such  connection.  No 
house,  building,  or  premises  shall  be  connected  with  any  sewer,  pub- 
lic, district,  joint-district,  or  private,  on  any  public  or  private  street, 
alley,  thoroughfare,  or  premises  without  a permit  from  the  Depart- 
ment of  Streets  and  Sewers.  The  sum  of  one  dollar  shall  be  paid 
the  city  for  each  permit  herein  required.  All.  work  shall  be  done  by 
the  plumber  or  drainlayer  in  whose  name  the  permit  or  permits  re- 
quired for  this  ordinance  are  issued.  Ord.  28627. 

Sec.  22.  Inspection — Fees.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Building 
Commissioner  to  cause  an  inspection  to  be  made  as  re- 
quired in  sections  44  and  45  of  this  ordinance,  and  of  each  tap  or 
water  connection,  each  sewer  connection  or  extension,  and  for  re- 
.pair  of  water  service  pipe  or  of  sewer  pipe  whenever  it  is  necessary 
to  excavate  in  order  to  make  such  repairs,  whether  on  a public  or 
private  street,  alley,  thoroughfare,  or  premises.  One  inspection  shall 
'also  be  made  of  all  soil,  waste,  and  vent  pipes  which  shall  be  known 
as  a roughing-in  inspection.  An  inspection  shall  be  made  after  com- 
pletion of  all  work  and  be  known  as  the  “finished  inspection.’’  The 
sum  of  one  dollar  shall  be  paid  in  advance  to  the  Building  Commis- 
sioner for  each  of  the  abov.e  mentioned  inspections,  and,  in  addition 
thereto,  the  sum  of  twenty-five  cents  shall  be  paid  for  each  fixture 
set  or  for  which  a place  is  prepared  to  set  same,  all  of  which  fees  and 
others  mentioned  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  paid  by  the  Building 
Commissioner  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis.  Ord.  28627, 

Sec.  23.  Notice — Certificates.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  reg- 
istered plumber  or  certified  drainlayer  to  notify  the  Building  Com- 
missioner when  any  plumbing  or  drainlaying  work  is  ready  for  in- 
spection, and  no  such  work  shall  be  covered  up  or  in  any  manner, 
concealed,  nor  shall  It  be  put  into  use  or  supplied  with  water  from 
the  City  Waterworks,  until  it  shall  have  been  Inspected  and  approved 
by  him.  If,  upon  inspection,  the  Building  Commissioner  finds  that 

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the  plumbing  work  or  drainlaying  in  any  premises  has  been  com- 
pleted in  the  manner  required  by  ordinance,  he  shall  issue  to  the 
party  doing  the  work  a certificate  stating  that  such  work  has  been 
done  in  compliance  with  the  ordinace.  If  the  Building  Commission- 
er finds  that  the  plumbing  or  drainage  work  done,  or  materials  used 
therein,  does  not  comply  with  this  ordinance,  he  shall  revoke  the 
permit,  and  no  permit  shall  be  reinstated  until  the  plumbing  or 
drainage  work  which  has  been  installed  shall  have  been  made  to 
comply  therewith.  Ord.  2 86'2  7. 

Sec.  24.  Definitions  of  tei  ins  used.  The  term  “private  sewer” 
shall  be  taken  to  mean  main  sewers  that  are  not  con- 
structed by  the  city  of  St.  Louis  and  under  the  supervision  of  the 
Department  of  Streets  and  Sewers.  The  term  “house  sewer”  shall 
mean  that  part  of  the  drain  or  sewer  extending  from  a point  five  feet 
outside  of  the  outer  walls  of  a building  or  area  to  its  connection  with 
a public  sewer,  district  sewer,  joint-district  sewer,  private  sewer,  or 
cesspool.  The  term  “house  drain”  shall  mean  that  part  of  the  hori- 
zontal drain  and  its  branches  on  the  inside  of  the  walls  of  the  build- 
ing or  area  and  .extending  to  and  connecting- with  a house  sewer. 
“Soil  i)ipe”  shall  mean  any  waste  or  vent  line  of  pipe  having  outlets 
above  the  basement  for  closet  or  waste  pipe  connections.  “Waste 
pipes”  shall  mean  all  pipes  conveying  waste  water  from  all  fixtures, 
except  water  closets,  to  the  soil  pipes  or  a house  drain.  “Vent  pipes” 
shall  mean  any  pipe  provided  to  ventilate  a system  of  piping  and  to 
prevent  trap  syphonage  and  back  pressure.  “Houghiug-iii  inspection” 
shall  mean  an  inspection  of  all  sewer,  soil,  waste  and  vent  pipes  in 
A building  and  for  a distance  of  five  feet  outside  of  the  foundation 
thereof.  “Fixtures,”  as  used  in  this  ordinance,  shall  be  taken  to 
mean  all  receptacles  attached  to  the  plumbing  system  of  a building 
which  have  water  supply  pipes  or  waste  outlet  pipes  or  both 
water  supply  and  waste  outlet  pipes.  Ord.  28627. 

Sec.  25.  Pipe  and  fittings.  All  pipes  and  fittings  shall  be  sound, 
cylindrical,  smooth,  free  from  cracks,  sand  holes,  or  other  defects, 
and  of  uniform  thickness.  All  ventilation,  soil  or  waste  pipes  shall 
be  of  lead,  brass,  standard  or  extra  heavy  cast  iron,  steel  or  wrought 
iron.  Wrought  iron  or  steel  pipe  shall  be  of  the  grade  known  as 
“standard”  or  “extra  heavy”  galvanized,  and  of  the  minimum  sizes 
and  weights  per  foot,  as  specified  for  “standard”  in  Table  Number 
One  and  “extra  heavy”  in  Table  Number  Two,  issued  by  the  manu- 
facturers of  wrought  iron  pipe,  as  follows: 


Table  Number  One- 


Diameter. 

IV2"  

2"  

2^"  

3"  

SVz"  

4"  

41/2"  

o"  

6"  


Thickness. 

14  5"  . . 

154"  .. 

2 0 4"  .. 

217"  .. 

226" 

237"  .. 

246"  .. 


.2  59" 
.280" 
.301" 
.322" 


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Weights  per 

Lineal  Foot. 

2.68 

lbs. 

3.61 

lbs. 

5.7  4 

tbs. 

7.54 

Tbs. 

9.00 

lbs. 

10.66 

lbs. 

12.49 

lbs. 

14.50 

lbs. 

18.76 

lbs. 

23.27 

lbs. 

28.18 

lbs. 

8 


Table  Number  Two- 


Diameter. 

lYz"  

Thickness. 

203"  

Weights  per 
Lineal  Foot. 
3 63  lbs 

2"“  

221"  

5.02  lbs. 

2V2"  

280"  

7 67  lbs 

3"“  

304"  

10  25  lbs 

31/2"  

321"  

12  51  lbs 

4"  

341"  

14.97  lbs. 

41/2"  - 

3G0"  

18.22  lbs 

5"  

: 375"  

20  54  lbs 

6"  

437"  

28.58  lbs 

7"  

500"  

37.67  lbs 

8"  

500"  

43.00  lbs. 

All  fittings  used  in  connection  with  wrought  iron  or  steel  pipe  for 
soil  or  waste  pipe  shall  be  what  is  known  as  galvanized  “Durham” 
fittings.  Standard  galvanized  cast  iron  fittings,  or  standard  galvan- 
ized malleable  iron  fittings  may  be  used  on  vent  pipe.  Fittings  for 
soil  or  waste  pipe  shall  be  so  tapped  and  threaded  as  will  give  the 
branch  pipe  a uniform  grade  of  not  less  than  one-fourth  of  an  inch 
per  foot.  All  vent  pipes  shall  have  a uniform  grade  so  that  con- 
densation will  not  accumulate.  The  ends  of  such  pipe  shall  be 
reamed  out  and  free  from  burrs  or  any  other  obstructions  on  the 
inside.  The  joints  of  all  wrought  iron,  steel  or  brass  pipe  shall  be 
screwed  joints,  made  up  with  red  lead.  Cast  iron  pipe  shall  not  be 
less  than  the  size  and  average  weight  per  lineal  foot  given  in  the 
following  table; 


Diameter. 

2"  

— Weight  per  Lineal  Foot — 
Standard. 

ZYz  lbs 

Extra  Heavy. 
51/2  lbs. 

3"  

4 Vz  lbs 

9V2  lbs. 

4"  

GVz  lbs 

13  lbs. 

5"  

HVz  lbs 

17  lbs. 

6"  

10  lbs 

20  lbs. 

8"  

17  lbs 

231/2  lbs. 

10"  

23  lbs 

4 4 lbs. 

12"  

33  lbs 

54  lbs. 

All  joints  shall  be  made  gas  tight  with  packed  oakum  and  molten 
lead.  Twelve  ounces  of  fine  soft  lead  shall  be  used  at  each  joint  for 
each  inch  of  the  diameter  of  such  pipe.  Where  fifteen  or  more  feet 
of  standard  cast  iron  pipe,  or  galvanized  wrought  iron  pipe  has  been 
installed  in  a building,  the  same  class  of  pipe  may  be  used  to  make 
any  extension  or  alteration  of  the  plumbing  or  drainage  system 
therein.  Galvanized  wrought  iron  or  wrought  steel  pipe  shall  not 
be  used  underground  except  for  waste  from  condensers.  Where 
extra  heavy  galvanized  wrought  iron  or  steel  pipes  are  used,  the  fit- 
tings thereon  shall  be  extra  heavy  galvanized,  or  what  is  known  as 
“Durham”  fittings,  for  soil  or  waste  pipe.  The  fittings  used  in 
connection  with  extra  heavy  or  standard  galvanized  iron  vent  pipes 
shall  be  extra  heavy  or  standard  galvanized  cast  iron  or  malleable 
iron  fittings.  All  connections  and  changes  in  direction  of  pipe 
shall  be  made  by  the  use  of  Y’s,  one-half  Y’s,  Sanitary  T’s,  with 
one-eighth,  one-sixth,  and  one-sixteenth  bends.  Short  bends  with 
offsets  of  more  than  six  inches  shall  not  be  used,  except  by  special 
nermit,  and  then  only  where  absolutely  necessary.  Saddle  hubs 
and  double  T’s  or  crosses  shall  not  be  used,  nor  shall  rubber  con- 
nections be  used  on  back  vents.  Brass  ferrules  shall  be  of  best 
quality  extra  heavy  cast  brass.  One  and  one-half  inch  ferrules 
shall  not  be  used.  Soldering  nipples  shall  be  of  heavy  cast  brass 

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or  of  brass  pipe  of  the  gauge  required  for  iron  pipe.  Where  clean- 
outs are  required,  they  shall  have  a solid,  square,  or  hexagon  nut 
screw  cap  not  less  than  one  inch  in  height  and  with  a diameter  of 
at  least  one  and  one-half  inches,  shall  have  at  least  six  threads  of 
the  size  required  for  iron  pipe,  and  be  properly  tapered.  Clean- 
outs must  be  of  full  size  of  pipe  or  trap  up  to  six  inches  in  diam- 
eter and  not  less  than  six  inches  for  larger  pipes  or  traps.  Ord. 
29639. 

Sec.  26.  Service  pipes.  All  service  pipes  not  over  two  inches  in 
diameter,  connected  with  the  Waterworks,  shall  be  made 
of  lead  and  shall  be  laid  four  feet  below  the  surface  of  the  ground 
and  sufficiently  waving  to  allow  an  extra  length  of  one  and  one- 
half  feet  and  in  such  a manner  as  to  prevent  rupture  by  settlement 
and  shall  be  continued  to  the  inside  of  the  building  line.  All  serv- 
ice and  supply  pipes  when  of  lead  shall  be  what  is  known  as  “extra 
strong”  and  for  the  various  minimum  diameters  shall  weigh  per 
linear  foot  not  less  than  the  weights  given  in  the  following  table. 


Size  of  Tap 
For 


Diameter  of  Pipe 
Not  less  than 


Weight 
Per  Foot 


V2" 

21/2" 
2%" 
2 3/4" 


%"  3 lbs. 

%"  3 lbs.  8 ozs. 

1"  4 lbs.  12  ozs. 

114"  G lbs. 

xy^."  7 lbs.  8 ozs. 

2"  9 lbs. 


All  connections  with  the  city  water  mains  over  two  inches  in 
diameter  for  elevators,  motors  or  other  large  connections  shall  be 
made  with  cast  iron  pipe  of  a weight  in  proportion  to  the  weight  of 
the  water  main  and  in  addition  to  the  stop  valve  in  the  street 
shall  have  another  valve  where  said  pipe  first  enters  the  premises, 
for  the  use  of  the  occupant.  This  pipe  shall  be  furnished  and  laid 
to  the  inside  of  the  building  line  by  the  Water  Commissioner  at 
the  expenes  of  the  plumber  making  application  therefor.  Air  cham- 
bers of  sufficient  capacity  to  prevent  excessive  raming  shall  be 
placed  on  all  connections  supplying  hydraulic  elevators.  No  pipes 
or  other  apparatus  for  the  supplying  of  water  to  elevators,  motors, 
fire  pipes,  or  other  large  connections  shall  be  installed  until  the 
plumber  desiring  to  install  same  shall  have  first  filed  his  application 
and  plans  in  the  Division  of  Building  and  Inspection  and  given  full 
and  complete  information  as  to  the  character  of  the  work  proposed 
to  be  done.  Ord.  29053. 


Sec.  27.  Lead  pipe.  Lead  pipe  may  be  used  for  soil,  waste  and 
vent  pipes,  bends  and  traps,  roof  connection  of  inside 
leaders,  all  of  which  shall  be  of  drawn  lead  and  shall  be  of  a grade 
known  as  “extra  light,”  of  a minimum  size  and  weight  per  foot  as 
given  in  the  following  table: 


Size  of  Pipes 


Weight 


1%"  2V2  lbs.  per  ft. 

IVz"  3 lbs.  per  ft. 

2"  4 lbs.  per  ft. 

3"  G lbs.  per  ft. 

4"  8 lbs.  per  ft. 

iV2"  8 lbs.  per  ft. 


All  lead  traps  and  bends  shall  be  of  the  same  weight  and  thick- 
ness as  the  corresponding  pipe  branches  to  which  they  are  attached, 
except  that  all  water-closet  traps  and  bends  shall  not  be  less  than 
eight-pound  lead  to  the  square  foot  for  four-inch  traps  and  bends, 


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All  connections  between  lead  pipe  and  between  lead  and  brass  pipe 
shall  be  made  by  means  of  wiped  solder  joints.  Overcast  or  cup 
joints  shall  not  be  made.  Sheet  lead  for  roof  flashing  shall  be  of 
four-pound  lead  and  shall  extend  not  less  than  six  inches  above  the 
roof  with  joints  made  water-tight.  Copper,  when  used  for  roof 
flashing,  shall  not  be  less  than  eighteen  gauge.  All  lead  pipes  shall 
be  firmly  fastened  to  fixed  boards  or  timbers  with  tags  and  screws 
or  clamps  that  are  securely  soldered  to  the  pipe.  Ord.  29053, 

Sec.  28.  Pipe  lines.  All  pipe  lines  shall  be  supported  at  the  base 
on  brick  piers  or  by  heavy  iron  hangers,  from  the  cellar 
or  basement  ceiling,  and  along  the  line  by  heavy  iron  hangers  at 
intervals  of  not  more  than  five  feet.  Pipes  issuing  from  extensions 
or  elsewhere  which  open  within  ten  feet  of  a window  of  a building 
shall  be  extended  above  the  top  of  such  window.  When  any  build- 
ing exceeds  in  height  that  of  an  adjoining  building  having  windows 
or  openings  cut  in  the  wall  on  the  lot  line  side  and  within  ten  feet  of 
the  roof  terminal  of  any  soil,  waste,  or  vent  pipes  now  in  place,  such 
soil,  waste,  or  vent  pipes  shall  be  extended  above  the  roof  of  the 
higher  building.  Ord.  28627. 

Sec.  29.  Arrangement  of  pipes.  The  arrangement  of  all  pipe  shall 
be  in  as  straight  and  direct  line  as  possible.  Traps, 
where  possible,  shall  be  exposed  to  view  and  be  readily  accessible  for 
the  purpose  of  inspection  or  repairing.  Cellar  drains  may  be  con- 
nected to  the  house  drains,  but,  if  so,  shall  have  a deep  seal  trap  not 
less  than  four  inches  in  diameter,  placed  directly  under  the  cellar 
floor  drain  and  below  the  frost  line,  and  need  not  be  ventilated. 
Floor  drains  shall  only  be  permitted  when  it  can  be  shown  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  Building  Commissioner  that  their  use  is  necessary 
and  arrangement  made  to  maintain  a water  seal  in  the  traps.  All 
traps  for  floor  drains  above  cellar  or  basement  shall  be  ventilated 
and  extended  full  size  through  the  roof  or  connected  with  soil  pipe 
above  the  highest  fixture.  Ord.  28627. 

Sec.  30.  Sub-soil  drains.  All  sub-soil  drains  shall  be  constructed 
of  unglazed  tile  pipe  without  hubs  and  shall  be  laid 
around  the  foot  course  of  the  foundation  of  the  building.  The  joints 
of  this  pipe  shall  not  be  cemented,  but  shall  be  covered  with  coarse 
gravel,  broken  rock,  or  broken  brick.  Said  pipe  shall  be  so  laid  as  to 
have  a slight  pitch  toward  a catch  basin  which  shall  be  constructed 
of  cast  iron  or  vitrified  stoneware  and  be  provided  with  a perforated 
cover  and  deep  seal  trap.  This  trap  shall  not  be  less  than  four  inches 
in  diameter.  The  drain  from  the  catch  basin  to  the  house  sewer 
shall  be  provided  with  a back  water  valve,  and  shall  be  connected  to 
the  sewer  inside  of  fresh  air  inlet.  Ord.  28627. 

Sec.  31.  Leaders.  Every  building  shall  be  provided  with  a suf- 
ficient number  of  metallic  gutters  and  rain  leaders  so 
placed  as  to  properly  protect  its  walls  and  foundation,  as  well  as 
the  walls  and  foundation  of  adjoining  buildings  from  injury.  The 
water  from  leaders  shall  be  conducted  by  means  of  pipe  connected 
with  the  sewer.  When  such  pipes  are  placed  on  the  inside  of  the 
foundation  of  any  building,  they  shall  be  of  “standard”  or  “extra 
heavy”  cast  iron,  and  when  on  the  outside  of  the  foundation  vitri- 
fied clay  pipe  may  be  used.  In  the  event  that  there  be  no  sewer 
in  the  street  upon  which  such  building  fronts,  then  the  water  from 
said  leaders  shall  be  conducted  to  the  street  gutter  by  means  of 
pipes  laid  below  the  surface  of  the  sidewalk.  Inside  leaders  shall 
be  of  “standard”  or  “extra  heavy”  cast  iron,  galvanized  wrought 
iron  or  steel,  with  roof  connections  made  gas  and  water-tight  by 
the  use  of  a heavy  lead  or  copper  drawn  tubing  wiped  to  a brass 
ferrule,  or  nipple,  caulked  or  screwed  into  the  pipe.  The  outside 
leaders  may  be  made  of  sheet  metal,  but  shall  be  connected  with 

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the  house  drain  or  house  sewer  by  means  of  a cast  iron  pipe  five 
feet  in  length  and  extending  vertically  at  least  four  feet  above  the 
grade  level.  At  the  foot  of  all  outside  sheet  metal  leaders  and 
leaders  from  roofs  lower  than  the  roof  of  the  main  or  adjoining 
buildings  a trap  shall  be  placed  in  such  a manner  as  will  prevent 
freezing.  No  rain  water  leader  shall  be  used  as  a soil,  waste  or  vent 
pipe,  nor  shall  any  soil,  waste,  or  vent  pipe  be  used  as  a leader. 
Ord.  29053. 

Sec.  32.  House  sewer — Drain,  trap  and  fresh  ^air  inlet.  Old 
sewers  in  buildings  may  be  used  in  connection  with  new 
buildings  or  new  plumbing,  when  found  by  the  Building  Commis- 
sioner to  be  in  good  condition  and  constructed  of  material  such  as  to 
conform  in  all  respects  with  the  requirements  of  this  ordinance  gov- 
erning new  sewers.  In  places  where  a proper  foundation  consisting 
of  a natural  bed  of  earth  or  rock  can  be  obtained,  the  house  sewer 
may  be  earthenware;  but  in  all  places  where  the  ground  is  made  or 
filled  in  or  there  is  danger  of  settlement  from  frost  or  any  other 
cause,  the  house  sewer  shall  be  of  “standard”  or  “extra  heavy”  cast 
iron  soil  pipe  with  lead  caulked  joints  or,  if  earthenware  pipes  are 
used,  they  shall  be  laid  on  oak  boards  not  less  than  two  inches  thick, 
twelve  inches  wide  and  twelve  feet  long,  rammed  solidly  and  laid 
true  to  the  grade.  No  earthenware  house  drain  when  found  to  leak 
or  be  in  a defective  condition  shall  be  repaired  or  replaced,  except 
with  “standard”  or  “extra  heavy”  cast  iron  soil  pipe.  All  branch 
fittings  for  such  house  drain  shall  be  of  “standard”  or  “extra  heavy” 
cast  iron  when  underground,  and  of  “standard”  or  “extra  heavy” 
cast  iron  or  standard  or  extra  heavy  galvanized  wrought  iron  or  steel 
with  Durham  fittings  when  above  ground.  Proper  connection  shall 
be  made  of  the  house  drain  and  house  sewer  at  a point  at  least  five 
feet  outside  of  the  foundation  of  the  building  or  area  wall.  An 
arched  opening  shall  be  provided  in  the  wall  to  prevent  damage  from 
settlement.  The  house  drain,  if  above  the  cellar  or  basement  floor, 
shall  be  supported  at  intervals  of  five  feet  by  eight-inch  brick  piers 
or  be  suspended  from  the  floor  beams  or  be  otherwise  supported  in 
such  a substantial  manner  as  may  be  approved  by  the  Building  Com- 
missioner. All  sewer  pipe  shall  be  of  hard-burned,  glazed,  vitrified 
clay  pipe,  free  from  defects  and  cracks,  and  so  moulded  that  the 
bells  will  readily  receive  the  ends  of  pipes.  Fresh  air  inlets  shall 
be  of  the  same  size  as  the  house  drain  or  house  sewer  in  which  such 
traps  with  fresh  air  inlets  are  placed,  and  shall  be  sufficiently 
high  above  the  surface  of  the  grade  to  prevent  being  covered  by 
dirt,  paving  or  sodding,  and  shall  be  protected  by  an  iron  perfor- 
ated grating  permanently  fixed  in  the  mouth  of  the  inlet.  No 
drain  pipes  other  than  those  from  a down-spout  shall  be  connected 
to  the  stand  pipe  of  a house  trap  or  fresh  air  inlet.  Said  stand 
pipe  or  fresh  air  inlet  shall  not  be  placed  near  a door  or  window 
of  a building.  No  live  steam  exhaust,  boiler  blow-off  or  drip  pipe 
shall  be  connected  with  the  house  drain.  Such  pipes  shall  be  so 
arranged  as  to  first  discharge  into  a condensing  tank  and  from  such 
tank  to  the  sewer  on  the  outside  of  the  building.  Said  tank  shall 
be  of  a pattern  and  ventilated  in  such  a manner  as  may  be  approved 
by  the  Building  Commissioner.  In  low  pressure  steam  systems  the 
condensing  tank  may  be  dispensed  with  , where  waste  connections 
are  otherwise  made  as  above  provided.  The  house  drain  and  house 
sewer  shall  run  as  direct  as  possible  to  its  termination  and  shall 
have  a fall  of  at  least  one-quarter  inch  per  foot.  All  changes  in 
direction  shall  be  made  with  fittings  as  herein  provided,  and  all  con- 
nections made  with  “Y”  branches  of  one-eighth  or  one-sixteenth 
bends.  Full  size  “Y”  and  “T”  branch  fittings  for  hand  hole  clean- 
outs shall  be  provided  where  required  on  house  drain  and  its 
branches.  No  clean-out  need  be  larger  than  six  inches  in  diameter. 
When  the  plumbing  system  of  any  building  is  altered  by  the  addition 

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of  a new  soil,  waste,  or  vent  line  and  no  house  trap  and  fresh  air 
inlet  or  leader  trap  exists  on  such  house  drain,  one  shall  be  pro- 
vided. When  it  is  necessary  to  place  a house  trap  on  the  inside  of  a 
building,  it  shall  be  placed  just  inside  the  foundation  wall,  be  pro- 
vided with  proper  clean-outs,  and.  have  a fresh  air  inlet  just  inside 
of  such  trap  and  extending  to  the  outer  side  with  a grate  fastened  in 
the  open  end  thereof.  All  main,  soil,  waste  or  vent  pipes  shall  be  of 
“standard”  or  “extra  heavy”  cast  iron  or  “standard”  or  “extra 
heavy”  galvanized  wrought  iron,  steel,  lead,  or  brass. 

When  cast  iron  pipes  are  used  for  waste  or  vent  pipes,  they  shall 
not  be  less  than  two  inches  in  diameter;  if  galvanized  iron  or  steel 
pipes  are  used,  they  shall  not  be  less  than  one  and  one-half  inches 
in  diameter.  If  lead  or  brass  is  used,  it  shall  be  not  less  than  one 
and  one-fourth  inches  in  diameter. 

All  waste  or  soil  pipes  shall  be  carried  up  full  size  to  the  roof  and 
shall  receive  the  vent  pipe  at  a point  at  least  three  feet  above  the 
floor  line  of  the  highest  fixture.  All  soil  and  waste  pipes  receiving 
vent  pipes  less  than  four  inches  in  diameter  shall  be  increased  in  size 
as  follows:  One  and  one-fourth  inch  and  one  and  one-half  inch  pipes 
to  two  inch  pipe  ;two  inch  pipe  to  three  inch  pipe,  and  three  inch 
pipe  to  four  inch  pipe.  Said  increase  in  the  size  of  the  pipe  shall  be 
made  not  less  than  six  inches  below  the  ceiling  at  the  top  floor.  All 
main  vent  lines  shall  be  returned  into  soil  or  waste  pipe  directly 
above  the  clean-out  on  the  cellar  or  basement  floor  at  an  angle  of 
forty-five  degrees.  There  shall  be  provided  a full  size  brass  clean- 
out at  the  bottom  of  all  vertical  soil  and  waste  pipes  and  inside  lead- 
ers. Ord.  29053. 

Sec.  33.  Drain  and  soil  pipes.  All  drain  and  soil  pipes  here- 
after installed  on  the  inside  of  any  building  or  within 
five  feet  of  such  building  or  within  five  feet  of  any  adjoining  build- 
ing or  within  five  feet  of  the  lot  line  of  the  ground  of  another  owner 
shall  be  of  “standard”  or  “extra  heavy”  cast  iron.  Where  two 
buildings  are  located  on  the  same  lot,  one  in  the  rear  of  the  other, 
the  plumbing  and  drainage  system  may  be  connected  with  the  house 
drain  of  the  front  or  rear  building  behind  the  house  trap  and  fresh 
air  inlet  which  may  be  used  for  both  buildings.  .In  all  cases  where 
clay  sewer  pipe  is  located  on  a lot  beneath  the  site  of  a proposed  new 
building  or  an  addition  to  an  existing  building,  such  pipe  shall  be 
removed  and  be  replaced  with  “standard”  or  “extra  heavy”  cast  iron 
pipe  as  herein  required.  Ord.  29U53. 

Sec.  34.  Water  closets.  In  all  buildings  in  which  one  or  more 
water  closets  are  installed,  there  shall  be  at  least  one 
four-inch  stack  extending  above  the  roof  of  such  building.  Here- 
after no  pan,  plunger,  washout,  or  any  other  water  closets  which 
have  an  unventilated  space,  or  the  walls  of  which  are  not  thoroughly 
washed  out  at  each  discharge  of  the  flush  tank,  shall  be  installed,  nor 
shall  latrines,  troughs,  or  automatic  water  closet  ranges  be  installed. 
Hoppers  are  also  prohibited,  except  for  anti-freezing  water  closets. 
Anti-freezing  water  closets  shall  have  long  enameled  iron  or  porce- 
lain hoppers  with  flush  tanks  and  rims,  the  traps  for  this  class  of 
water  closets  shall  be  placed  directly  underneath  the  hopper.  When 
such  hoppers  are  located  in  a court  unattached  to  any  building,  no 
ventilating  or  back  vent  shall  be  required.  When  attached  to  a 
building,  they  shall  be  ventilated  in  like  manner  as  closets  installed 
inside  of  a building.  Whenever  a water  closet  is  installed  more  than 
six  feet  from  the  main  soil  pipe,  the  four-inch  soil  or  waste  pipe 
from  such  closet  shall  extend  three  feet  above  the  floor  and  have 
attached  thereto  a 4x2  “T”  to  receive  the  revent  from  said  closet. 
The  pipe  above  the  vent  “T”  may  be  reduced  to  two  inches  in  size, 
and  shall  be  extended  above  the  roof  of  the  building  or  be  connected 
to  the  main  soil  pipe  above  the  highest  fixture  in  the  building.  No 

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caps,  cowls,  or  bends  shall  be  affixed  to  the  top  of  any  soil  or  vent 
pipe.  When  the  roof  of  a building  is  used  or  intended  to  be  used  for 
drying  or  garden  purposes, 'all  such  pipes  shall  extend  to  a height  of 
seven  feet  above  the  roof.  No  connections  shall  be  made  with  lead 
branches  for  water  closets  or  slop  sinks,  except  the  required  branch 
vent.  Branch  soil  and  waste  pipes  shall  have  a fall  of  at  least  one- 
quarter  of  an  inch  per  foot.  The  diameter  of  the  soil  or  waste  pipes 
shall  not  be  of  a less  size  than  given  in  the  following  table:  Main 

soil  stacks,  four  inches;  main  soil'  stacks  for  water  closets  on  five 
or  more  floors,  five  inches;  branch  soil  pipes,  four  inches;  main 
waste  stacks,  when  of  lead,  one  and  one-half  inches;  main  waste 
stacks  when  of  cast  iron  or  wrought  iron,  two  inches;  main  waste 
stacks  for  kitchen  sinks  on  two  and  less  than  five  floors,  two  inches; 
main  waste  stacks  for  kitchen  sinks  on  five  or  more  floors,  three 
inches;  branch  waste  pipes  for  slop  sinks,  three  inches;  branch  waste 
pipes  for  laundry  tubs,  branch  waste  pipes  for  bath  tubs  1^", 

in  ranges  of  three,  two  inches;  branch  waste  pipes  for  kitchen  sinks 
and  lavatories,  one  and  one-quarter  inches;  branch  waste  pipes  for 
bath  tubs,  one  and  one-half  inches;  branch  waste  pipes  for  urinals, 
one  and  one-half  inches.  No  water  closet  shall  have  a drip  tray,  nor 
shall  water  closets  or  urinals  be  connected  directly  with  or  flushed 
from  the  water  supply  pipes  direct.  When  flushometers  or  like 
valves  are  used,  they  shall  be  supplied  with  water  from  tanks  and 
the  rising  lines  shall  be  at  least  one  and  one-half  inches  in  diameter 
and  the  branch  lines  at  least  one  and  one-quarter  inches  in  diameter 
and  three-quarters  of  an  inch  for  urinals.  The  overflow  of  cisterns 
may  be  permitted  to  discharge  into  an  open  fixture,  except  water 
closets  or  water  closet  tanks,  but  shall  not  be  permitted  to  connect 
with  any  part  of  the  drainage  system.  All  water  closets  and  urinal 
tanks,  if  of  iron,  shall  be  enameled.  Water  closets  or  urinal  tanks, 
if  lined  with  copper,  shall  not  be  less  than  twelve  ounce;  if  with 
lead,  they  shall  not  be  less  than  four  pound  sheet  lead.  The  flush 
pipes  of  water  closets  shall  not  be  less  than  one  and  one-fourth 
inches  in  diameter,  that  of  urinals  not  less  than  one  inch  in  diam- 
eter. If  these  pipes  are  of  lead,  they  shall  weigh  respectively  two 
and  one-half  and  two  pounds  per  linear  foot,  and  flush  couplings 
shall  be  of  the  same  size.  All  urinals  shall  be  constructed  of  mate- 
rial impervious  to  moisture  and  which  will  not  corrode.  If  iron 
trough  urinals  are  used,  they  shall  be  properly  enameled;  galvan- 
ized iron  linings  are  hereby  prohibited.  All  water  closets  shall  be 
provided  with  a sufficient  supply  of  water  to  keep  them  in  a cleanly 
condition.  Flush  tanks  for  water  closets  shall  have  a capacity  of  at 
least  seven  gallons;  urinals  at  least  two  gallons.  Ord.  28027. 

Sec.  35.  Sewer  connections.  Every  building  shall  have  a sepa- 
rate and  independent  sewer  connection,  which  shall  be 
not  less  than  six  inches  in  diameter,  with  a public,  district,  joint, 
joint-district,  or  private  sewer,  when  such  sewer  is  accessible.  If 
such  sewer  is  inaccessible,  then  the  drain  from  the  building  or 
buildings,  shall  be  provided  with  a cesspool,  made  of  impervious 
material  of  sufficient  capacity  and  built  in  a manner  approved  by 
the  Building  Commissioner.  No  waste,  soil  or  vent  pipe  shall  pass 
through  a party,  division  or  partition  wall  which  separates  one 
part  of  a flat  from  the  other  part  or  parts  thereof,  whether  such  wall 
be  of  metal  lath  and  plaster,  tile,  concrete,  or  brick  with  or  with- 
out opening  in  the  cellar  or  basement  permitting  ingress  or  egress 
from  one  part  to  another,  nor  shall  soil,  waste  or  vent  pipes  pass 
through  the  party,  division  or  partition  wall  or  walls  of  a continu- 
ous row  of  buildings  separated  only  by  a party,  division  or  par- 
tition wall  without  any  openings  in  such  wall  above  the  ceiling  or 
basement  floor,  but  in  all  such  cases  branches  shall  be  taken  from 
the  house  sewer  and  a trap  and  fresh  air  inlet  provided  for  each 
branch.  Ord.  2 9053 


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Sec.  36.  Vent  pipes.  All  vent  lines  and  the  main  branches 
thereof  shall  be  of  lead,  brass,  standard  or  extra  heavy 
cast  iron,  galvanized  wrought  iron  or  steel  pipe.  They  shall  be 
increased  in  diameter  as  required  for  waste  pipe  and  extend  above 
the  roof,  or  may  be  connected  with  the  adjoining  soil  or  waste  pipe, 
but  no  connection  shall  be  made  less  than  three  feet  above  the  floor 
of  the  highest  flxture  connected  with  said  soil  or  waste  pipes.  All 
vent  lines  shall  be  connected  at  the  bottom  with  a soil,  waste,  or 
drain  pipe  at  an  angle  of  forty-flve  degrees  and  in  such  a manner 
as  will  prevent  the  accumulation  of  rust  scales  or  condensation. 
No  branch  line  of  vent  pipe  shall  be  connected  to  another  pipe  at  a 
point  less  than  six  inches  above  a flxture  nor  shall  such  pipe  be 
connected  at  a point  exceeding  eighteen  inches  from  the  crown  of 
the  trap  or  the  side  of  the  lead  bend.  Vent  connections  for  water 
closets  or  slop  sinks  shall  be  made  from  the  branch  soil  or  waste 
pipe  just  below  the  trap  of  the  flxture  and  so  connected  as  will  pre- 
vent its  being  obstructed.  All  openings  not  in  use  shall  be  closed 
by  plugs  screwed  or  calked  in.  No  sheet  metal,  brick,  or  other 
flue  shall  be  used  as  a vent  pipe,  nor  shall  earthenware  traps  have 
vent  horns.  The  size  of  vent  pipes  shall  not  be  less  in  diameter  nor 
have  more  connections  than  authorized  by  the  following  table. 
Back  vents  for  water  closets  or  other  flxtures  having  traps  larger 
than  two  inches  shall  be  as  follows; 


Diameter 

2" 

3" 

4" 

5" 


Number 
of  Fixtures 
Allowed 
1 to  5 
5 to  10 
10  to  15 
15  to  20 


Maximum 
Length 
Allowed 
4 0 feet 
40  “ 

40  “ 

40  “ 


After  Maximum 
Length  Allowed  In- 
crease to  Be  at  Same 
Ratio  for 
Every  Additional 
4 0 feet 
40  “ 

40  “ 

40  “ 


FOR  FIXTURES  WITH  TRAPS  TWO  INCHES  OR  SMALLER. 


114"  1 to  3 

11/2"  4 to  6 

2"  7 to  14 

3"  15  to  30 

4"  31  to  36 


4 0 feet 
40  “ 

40  “ 

4 0 “ 

4 0 “ 


4 0 feet 
40  “ 

40  “ 

40  “ 

40  “ 


Sec.  37.  Water  service  and  supply  pipes.  House  service  pipes 
shall  be  connected  to  the  street  mains  by  means  of  taps 
and  a stop-cock  placed  under  the  sidewalk  of  the  curb  line.  A sep- 
arate stop  and  waste  cock  or  valve  shall  be  placed  upon  the  service 
pipe  inside  of  the  front  wall  of  the  building.  The  diameter  of  the 
service  pipes  shall  not  be  less  than  flve-eighths  of  an  inch.  The 
rising  lines  of  all  supply  pipes  shall  have  a separate  stop  and  waste 
cock  or  valve  with  waste,  for  each  floor.  A separate  stop  cock  or 
valve  shall  be  placed  on  all  branches  of  the  rising  line  of  each  flx- 
ture, if  isolated,  if  not,  upon  each  group  of  fixtures,  such  as  bath 
rooms,  kitchens,  wash-stands,  or  other  like  fixtures,  which  shall  be  so 
located  as  to  be  accessible  at  all  times.  The  diameters  of  all  rising 
line  shall  not  be  less  than  three-quarters  of  an  inch,  except  lead  or 
brass  pipe  be  used,  in  which  case  the  minimum  diameter  may  be  one- 
half  inch.  The  diameter  of  the  branch  lines  of  a fixture  shall  not  be 
less  than  one-half  inch,  except  when  used  to  supply  water  closets, 
cisterns,  or  lavatories.  When  lead  or  brass  pipe  is  used  for  branch 
lines,  the  minimum  diameter  shall  be  three-eighths  of  an  inch.  The 
branch  pipe  for  flush  valves  of  water  closets  shall  not  be  less  than 
one  and  one-quarter  inches  in  diameter  for  urinals  not  less  than 
three-quarters  of  an  inch.  All  risers  and  liranch  lines  thereof  phall 
be  securely  fastened.  Ord.  28627. 


Sec.  38.  Tr^ips.  All  traps  shall  have  a water  seal  of  one  and  one- 
quarter  inches,  shall  be  self-cleaning,  and  he  provided 
with  a full  size  brass  clean-out  screw  placed  on  the  inlet  side  or 
below  the  water  level.  Where  brass  couplings  are  used  for  vent  con- 
nections to  traps,  such  couplings  shall  be  ground  faced  and  the 
full  size  of  the  trap.  Slip  joints  shall  not  be  made  on  vent  pipe. 
Backwater  traps  may  be  used  when  placed  on  the  house  drain  or  any 
of  its  branches  which  receive  the  floor  drain  or  the  drain  of  the 
cellar  or  basement  or  any  fixture  in  the  cellar  or  basement  or  any 
fixture  on  the  drain  from  the  receiving  tank  of  a sub-soil  drain. 
Grease  traps  shall  be  placed  as  close  to  the  fixtures  as  possible  and 
be  properly  back  vented.  The  waste  water  from  sinks  in  every 
hotel,  restaurant,  or  public  eating  house  or  other  cooking  establish- 
ment shall  pass  through  a grease  trap  of  proper  size  before  entering 
the  sewers.  All  buildings  or  sheds  in  which  one  or  more  automo- 
biles or  motor  cars  charged  with  gasoline  or  other  volatile  inflamma- 
ble liquids  are  kept  and  having  a floor  drain  leading  to  a sewer  shall 
be  provided  with  a catch  trap  or  basin  not  less  than  eighteen  inches 
in  diameter  and  at  least  two  and  one-half  feet  in  depth  constructed 
of  concrete  or  clay  pipe  and  shall  be  provided  with  an  iron  frame 
having  a perforated  or  barred  grate.  The  outlet  pipe  leading  there- 
from shall  be  at  least  four  inches  in  diameter,  so  arranged  with  a 
quarter-bend  as  to  form  a trap  with  a six-inch  seal  before  emptying 
into  a sewer.  All  catch  traps  or  basins  used  for  the  above  mentioned 
purpose  shall  have  a four-inch  vent  pipe  connected  therewith  above 
the  water  level  and  shall  extend  above  the  roof  of  the  building. 
No  vent  pipe  leading  from  any  other  fixture  shall  be  connected  with 
the  vent  pipe  leading  from  a catch  trap  or  basin  used  for  said  pur- 
pose. All  catch  traps  or  basins  when  constructed  on  the  inside  of 
any  building  for  wash  racks,  floor  drains,  or  other  like  purposes  shall 
be  ventilated  by  means  of  a four-inch  vent  pipe  extending  from  such 
catch  trap  or  basin  above  the  roof  of  the  building.  No  vent  pipe 
leading  from  any  other  fixture  shall  be  connected  with  the  vent  pipe 
leading  from  such  catch  trap  or  basin.  All  fixtures  shall  be  sepa- 
rately trapped  and  ventilated,  provided,  however,  that  the  sinks  of 
soda  fountains,  lavatories  in  barber  shops,  bar  sinks,  bubbling 
cups  or  drinking  fountains,  or  dental  cuspidors  shall  have  a four- 
inch  lead  or  brass  drum  trap  on  each  waste  opening  placed  as  close 
to  the  fixture  as  possible,  provided,  however,  where  galvanized 
wrought  iron  or  steel  pipe  is  used  for  waste  or  vent  pipe,  the  drum 
traps  may  be  galvanized  cast  iron,  at  least  four  inches  in  diameter. 
If  the  waste  pipe  is  connected  direct  to  a house  sewer,  house  drain, 
soil  or  waste  pipe,  the  other  end  of  such  waste  pipe  shall  extend  un- 
diminished in  size  up  to  and  through  the  roof  of  the  building  or  shall 
be  connected  to  a vent  pipe  in  such  a manner  as  to  meet  the  re- 
quirements of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  relating  to  the  size 
and  manner  of  connecting  vent  pipes.  If  the  waste  pipe  is  not  con- 
nected directly  to  a house  sewer,  house  drain,  soil  or  waste  pipe,  it 
shall  discharge  over  a sink  properly  supplied  with  water  or  into  a 
floor  drain,  or  into  a funnel  provided  with  a trap  of  the  same  size 
as  the  pipe  into  which  it  is  connected,  and  if  so  arranged  no  vent 
pipe  connection  shall  be  required.  The  trap  placed  under  such  fun- 
nel to  receive  the  waste  from  a bar  or  soda  fountain  sink  shall  not 
be  less  than  four  inches  in  diameter,  and  the  main  waste  pipe  from 
bar  or  soda  fountain  sinks  shall  not  be  less  than  two  inches  in  diam- 
eter and  provided  with  branches  not  less  than  one  and  one-fourth 
inches.  These  fixtures  shall  be  connected  up  stiff  or  with  couplings 
to  the  waste  pipe.  The  discharge  from  a fixture  shall  not  be  per- 
mitted to  pass  through  more  than  one  trap  before  reaching  the  house 
drain.  • All  traps  must  be  securely  supported  and  set  true  with 
respect  to  their  water  level.  Overflow  pipes  from  fixtures  shall  in 
all  cases  be  connected  on  the  inlet  side  of  traps.  All  earthenware 
traps  for  closet  bowls,  except  outside  closets,  shall  have  heavy  cast 


— 184 — 


brass  floor  plates  securely  fastened  to  a lead  bend  and  bolted  to  the 
trap  or  closet  flange  in  a secure  manner  and  the  joint  therein  shall 
be  made  gas  tight  by  means  of  an  asbestos  gasket  satu  -ated  with 
oil  and  graphite.  No  trap  shall  be  placed  at  the  foot  of  a main,  soil 
or  waste  pipe.  The  size  of  traps  shall  not  be  less  than  those  given 
in  the  following  table: 


For 

For 

For 

For 

For 

For 

For 


water  closets  . 

slop  sinks  

kitchen  sinks 

wash  trays 

urinals  

shower  baths  . 
other  flxtures. 


4 

inches 

3 

inches 

1V4 

inches 

IV2 

inches 

IV2 

inches 

2 

inches 

1V4 

inches 

in  diameter 
in  diameter 
in  diameter 
in  diameter 
in  diameter 
in  diameter 
in  diameter 


The  drain  pipe  from  ice  boxes  or  refrigerators  and  the  sediment 
pipe  from  range  or  hot  water  boilers  shall  not  be  connected  directly 
with  the  sewer,  but  shall  be  so  arranged  as  to  discharge  over  a sink 
trapped  and  properly  supplied  with  water  or  into  a floor  drain,  or 
into  a trap  funnel,  provided,  however,  that  such  sink,  floor  drain  or 
funnel  shall  not  be  located  in  any  room  used  for  living  purposes. 
The  waste  pipe  from  ice  boxes  and  refrigerators  shall  be  of  lead, 
galvanized  wrought  iron  or  steel,  of  a size  not  less  than  one  and 
one-fourth  inches  and  not  exceeding  two  inches  in  diameter.  The 
change  in  direction  of  branch  pipes  from  ice  boxes  or  refrigerator 
waste  pipes  shall  be  made  by  the  use  of  “T’s”  or  “Y’s”  and  forty- 
five  degree  “L’s”  and  carried  with  as  much  pitch  as  possible  and 
provided  with  clean-out  plugs  so  placed  as  to  be  accessible  for  the 
purpose  of  cleaning  out  same.  In  tenement  houses  and  apartment 
houses  all  main  waste  pipes  from  ice  boxes  and  refrigerators  shall 
extend  up  to  and  through  the  roof  undiminished  in  size.  Each 
waste  opening  shall  be  provided  with  a grate.  Every  waste  outlet 
shall  be  separately  trapped,  and  the  vent  thereto,  except  bar  and 
soda  fountain  sinks,  lavatories  in  barber  shops,  bubbling  cups 
and  dental  cuspidors,  when  not  connected  directly  to  a house  sewer, 
drain,  soil,  or  waste  pipe,  shall  be  placed  as  close  as  possible  to  the 
crown  of  the  trap.  Bath  tubs  shall  be  provided  with  drum  traps  of 
a diameter  not  less  than  four  inches.  These  traps  shall  be  made 
of  lead  of  a weight  not  less  than  eight  pounds  per  square  foot  and 
shall  be  provided  with  a four-inch  brass  trap  screw  wiped  in,  or, 
in  lieu  thereof,  a cast  brass  trap  of  the  same  size  may  be  used, 
where  galvanized  wrought  iron  or  steel  pipe  is  used  for  waste  or 
vent  pipes,  bath  tub  traps  may  be  of  galvanized  cast  iron,  not  less 
than  four  inches  in  diameter.  Ord.  29639. 


Sec.  39.  Sewer  lifts.  Whenever  it  shall  be  found  necessary  to 
use  a pump  system  or  sewer  lift  to  receive  the  discharge 
from  the  waste  or  soil  connections  or  fixtures,  it  shall  be  so  arranged 
as  to  be  accessible.  If  discharged  with  compressed  air,  it  shall  be 
connected  to  the  house  drain  on  the  sewer  side  of  all  leader  or  area 
drain  traps,  fixtures,  or  connections,  or  it  may  be  connected  to  the 
house  drain  on  the  sewer  side  of  house  trap.  A separate  trap  and 
fresh  air  inlet  shall  be  provided  on  the  inlet  side  of  the  pump  and  a 
four-inch  pipe  line  continued  from  drain  discharging  into  the  pump 
and  extending  above  the  roof  for  the  purpose  of  ventilation.  Relief 
pipes  shall  be  provided  for  the  sewage  receptacle  of  pumps.  The 
traps  of  fixtures  connected  to  the  pump  system  shall  not  be  vented 
to  lines  which  are  used  to  vent  traps  of  fixtures  on  the  gravity  sys- 
tem. The  pump  system  shall  be  entirely  separate,  both  as  to  dis- 
charge and  ventilation,  from  the  other  plumbing  system  in  a build- 
ing. Ord.  28627. 


—185- 


Sec.  40.  Insufficient  pressure.  If  the  water  pressure  is  insuf- 
ficient to  fully  and  continuously  supply  all  fixtures  in  a 
building,  a house  supply  of  sufficient  size  to  afford  such  supply  of 
water  shall  be  provided,  which  said  tank  shall  be  supplied  by  press- 
ure of  power  pumps.  If  from  pressure,  ball  cocks  shall  be  used. 
House  tanks  shall  be  so  located  as  to  prevent  the  contamination  of 
the  water  from  the  gases  and  odors  arising  from  plumbing  fixtures 
or  from  other  sources.  The  overfiow  pipe  shall  discharge  upon  the 
roof  or  pass  through  a trap  and  discharge  over  an  open  trapped  floor 
drain  in  the  cellar  or  basement  of  the  building.  Such  overfiow  pipe 
shall  not  be  connected  with  any  part  of  the  plumbing  system. 
Emptying  pipes  shall  be  provided  for  all  house  tanks,  and  the  water 
shall  be  discharged  therefrom  in  the  same  manner  as  in  overfiow 
pipes.  Emptying  pipes  of  tanks  containing  five  hundred  gallons  or 
more  of  water  shall  be  at  least  four  inches  in  diameter  and  provided 
with  a valve  of  like  size  operated  with  a wheel  or  lever  handle. 
Ord.  28627. 

Sec.  41.  Pipes  for  acid  waste.  Pipes  to  be  used  for  the  purpose 
of  carrying  acid  wastes,  if  of  lead,  shall  not  be  of  less 
weight  than  light  lead;  if  of  glazed  earthenware,  not  less  than  three 
inches  in  diameter  connected  at  the  joints  with  oakum  and  hot 
asphaltum.  All  acid  waste  pipes  shall  extend  above  the  roof  and  con- 
tinue down  to  the  lowest  fixture  and  so  arranged  that  they  will  dis- 
charge into  a lime  box  or  diluting  sink  which  shall  be  properly 
trapped,  vented,  and  connected  on  the  inside  of  the  house  trap,  or 
such  pipe  may  be  extended  to  an  earthenware  house  sewer  pipe  and 
outside  of  the  house  trap  or  may  be  separately  or  independently  con- 
nected with  a public,  district,  joint-district,  or  private  sewer  and 
provided  with  a trap  and  fresh  air  inlet.  All  branches  and  joints 
of  lead  acid  waste  pipes  shall  be  burnt  lead  joints.  If  earthenware 
pipes  are  used,  vertical  joints  shall  be  made  with  a gasket  of  oakum 
and  filled  with  clean,  fresh  mixed  cement  and  asphaltum.  When 
independent  earthenware  pipes  are  installed,  no  other  plumbing  fix- 
ture or  soil  or  waste  pipe  of  any  kind  shall  discharge  into  said  acid 
waste  pipe.  Ord.  28627. 


Sec.  42.  Temporary  or  private  water  mains*.  How,  and  by  whom 
made.  All  temporary  or  private  water  mains  shall  be 
installed  by  a plumber  at  the  expense  of  the  owner,  which  said  work 
shall  be  done  in  the  following  manner:  There  shall  be  a main  stop 

cock  on  every  temporary  or  private  main,  which  shall  be  located  not 
less  than  five  feet  from  the  city  water  main,  and  shall  be  protected 
by  an  extra  heavy  cast  iron  stop  box,  four  inches  in  diameter.  Said 
box  shall  be  so  placed  that  the  top  will  be  flush  with  the  surface  of 
the  street.  The  pipe  extending  from  the  water  main  to  a distance  of 
two  feet  beyond  the  main  stop  cock  shall  be  of  extra  strong  lead  pipe. 
The  continuation  of  this  pipe  may  be  made  with  galvanized  iron 
pipe  not  less  than  one  inch  in  diameter.  All  attachments  made  to  a 
temporary  or  private  water  main,  to  supply  private  premises,  shall 
be  made  in  the  same  manner  as  required  when  connecting  with  the 
city  water  main,  except  that  the  connection  shall  be  made  by  insert- 
ing an  extra  heavy  brass  soldering  nipple  with  a wiped  soldered 
joint.  All  temporary  or  private  water  mains  installed  under  this 
section  shall  be  laid  at  least  four  feet  beneath  the  surface  of  the 
ground  and  not  less  than  ten  feet  outside  of  the  curb  line,  unless 
conditions  are  such  as  to  justify  the  Building  Commissioner  in  grant- 
ing permission  to  do  otherwise.  No  permit  shall  be  granted  to  any 
person  to  make  an  attachment  to  a temporary  or  private  water  main, 
unless  the  written  consent  of  the  owner  or  his  agent  shall  have  been 
first  obtained  and  attached  to  the  application  to  make  such  tap.  Ord. 
28627. 


—186— 


Sec.  43.  Testing  of  plumbing  system.  Before  the  plumbing  and 
drainage  system  of  any  building  shall  be  covered  up  it 
shall  be  tested  by  the  plumber  installing  the  same  in  the  presence 
of  the  Chief  Inspector  or  other  inspector  of  plumbing.  All  tests 
shall  be  made  by  water,  air,  smoke,  or  peppermint,  as  may  be  re- 
quired by  the  Building  Commissioner.  If  the  test  be  made  by  air  or 
smoke,  it  shall  be  under  pressure  of  not  less  than  ten  pounds  to  the 
square  inch,  and  such  pressure  shall  be  maintained  for  not  less  than 
ten  minutes.  If  such  tests  be  made  with  peppermint,  two  ounces  of 
the  oil  of  peppermint  shall  be  provided  for  each  line  up  to  five  stories, 
and  an  additional  ounce  shall  be  added  for  each  line  when  the  lines 
are  more  than  five  stories  in  height.  If  the  test  be  made  with  water, 
it  shall  be  applied  by  closing  the  lower  end  of  the  main  house  drain 
and  filling  pipes  to  the  highest  opening  above  the  line  of  water.  The 
water  tests  shall  include  at  one  time  the  house  drain  and  branches 
as  well  as  all  vent  and  horizontal  soil,  waste,  vent,  and  leader  pipes 
and  all  branches  from  any  of  these  pipes  to  a point  above  the  surface 
of  the  finished  fioor.  If  the  drains  or  any  part  of  the  system  are  to 
be  tested  separately,  there  shall  be  a supply  of  water  at  least  six 
feet  above  all  parts  of  the  work  to  be  tested  and  all  joints  and  con- 
nections shall  be  made  in  one  test.  No  wooden  plugs  shall  be  used 
in  testing  the  system.  Ord.  286'27. 

Sec.  44.  Conditions  upon  which  drainage  and  plumbing  system 
of  a building  shall  be  connected  with  public  or  private 
sewer. — Inspection  fee.  No  permit  shall  be  issued  by  the  department 
of  streets  and  sewers  or  by  the  Division  of  Building  and  Inspection 
authorizing  the  plumbing  or  drainage  system  of  any  building  to  be 
connected  with  a public  sewer  or  with  any  private  sewer  which 
empties  into  a sewer  of  the  city  of  St.  Louis  until  an  inspection  of 
the  plumbing  and  drainage  system  of  such  building  shall  have  been 
made  by  the  Building  Commissioner.  If  the  said  systems  upon 
inspection  be  found  to  be  in  good  condition,  a permit  to  make  such  ^ 
connection  shall  be  issued,  but  if  either  of  the  said  systems  is  found 
to  be  in  such  a defective  condition  as  to  render  the  building  unsani- 
tary, a permit  shall  not  be  issued  authorizing  the  making  of  such 
connection  until  such  time  as  said  system  or  systems  shall  have  been 
placed  in  a proper  condition.  The  Building  Commissioner  shall  re- 
ceive the  sum  of  one  dollar  for  every  such  inspection  made.  Ord. 
28627. 


Sec.  45.  Defective  plumbing  and  drainlaying  to  be  condemned. 

When  the  Building  Commissioner,  upon  examination  of 
the  plumbing  or  drainage  system  of  any  building  within  the  city  of 
St.  Louis  finds  that  either  or  both  of  said  systems  are  in  a condition 
such  as  to  permit  the  emission  or  discharge  of  sewer  gas  in  such 
building  or  which  causes  the  cellar  or  basement  of  such  building  to 
be  wet  or  damp  by  reason  of  a leakage  of  water  or  other  liquid  from 
the  plumbing  or  drainage  system  therein  or  from  the  plumbing  or 
drainage  system  of  an  adjoining  building  or  premises,  it  shall  be  his 
duty  at  once  to  notify,  in  writing,  the  owner  of  such  building  or 
premises  on  which  the  defective  plumbing  or  drainage  system  exists, 
to  remove  or  properly  repair  said  plumbing  or  drainage  system 
within  five  days  next  immediately  after  the  date  of  mailing  said 
notice.  Any  owner,  after  being  so  notified,  who  shall  fail  to  remove 
or  properly  repair  said  plumbing  or  drainage  system  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction,  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  five  or  more  than  five  hundred  dollars.  Each  day  after  the 
expiration  of  five  days  fram  date  of  mailing  said  notice  that  an  owner 
permits  such  condition  to  exist  sliall  constitute  a separate  offense. 
Ord.  27627. 


— 187 — 


Sec.  46.  Right  of  entry.  The  Building  Commissioner,  or  his  duly 
authorized  agents,  shall  have  the  right,  at  all  reasonable 
hours,  to  enter  any  building  or  premises  (private  or  public)  contain- 
ing a plumbing  or  drainage  system,  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining 
whether  or  not  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  have  been  or  are 
being  complied  with.  Ord.  28627. 

Sec.  47.  Penalty  for  working  at  the  business  of  plumbing  ndthout 
a license.  Any  person,  or  member  of  any  firm,  or  officer 
of  any  corporation,  or  the  agent  of  any  person,  firm,  or  corporation, 
who  shall  engage  in  the  business  or  work  at  the  trade  of  plumbing 
in  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  except  he  be  an  apprentice  working  under  the 
supervision  of  a bonded  and  licensed  plumber,  without  first  having 
been  duly  licensed,  as  required  by  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance, 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five  nor  more  than  five 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  each  day  shall  constitute  a 
separate  offense.  Ord.  28627. 

Sec.  48.  Plumbers — Names  not  to  be  used  by  others.  No  person, 
or  member  of  any  firm,  or  officer  of  any  corporation  or 
the  agent  of  any  person,  firm,  or  corporation,  authorized  to  carry  on 
the  business  of  plumbing  or  drainlaying,  shall  permit  his,  their,  or 
its  name  to  be  used  directly  or  indirectly  by  any  other  person,  either 
to  obtain  a permit  to  do  plumbing  or  drainlaying  work  or  to  contract 
for,  and  do  such  work  under  a permit  obtained  by  such  person,  firm, 
or  agent  of  a corporation,  or  to  do  any  work  under  his  or  their  bond. 
Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  fifty  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  and  in  addition  there- 
to the  Board  of  Examiners  of  Plumbers  shall  cancel  the  license  of 
such  person,  whether  he  be  a member  of  the  firm,  or  an  officer  of  a 
corporation,  or  the  agent  of  a person,  firm  or  corporation,  who  shall 
allow  his  permit  to  be  used  by  any  other  person,  or  who  permits 
plumbing  or  drainlaying  work  to  be  done  under  his  bond.  The 
license  of  any  person,  which  shall  have  been  canceled  for  a violation 
of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  be  reinstated  within  three 
months  therefrom.  Ord.  28627. 


Sec.  49.  Penalty — AVhere  none  other  is  provided.  Any  person  or 
member  of  any  firm,  or  officer  of  any  corporation,  or  the 
agent  of  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  who  shall  violate  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance,  where  no  specific  penalty  is  therein  pro- 
vided, shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  less  than  five  nor  more 
than  five  hundred  dollars.  Ord.  28627. 


Sec.  50.  New  plumbing  ordinance,  not  retroactive.  All  plumbing 
and  drainlaying  shall  hereafter  be  done  in  conformity 
with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance.  Provided,  that  nothing  herein 
shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  completion  of  any  plumbing  or 
drainlaying  operations  for  which  permits  shall  have  been  issued 
prior  to  the  approval  of  this  ordinance  or  within  thirty  days  next 
after  the  approval  hereof  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the  ordi- 
nances in  force  at  the  time  of  the  issuance  of  such  permit.  Ord. 
28627. 


— 188 — 


SMOKE  ABATEMENT  ORDINANCES. 


Sec.  2668.  The  emission  or  discharge  into  the  open  air  of  dense 
smoke  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  St. 
Louis  from  any  locomotive,  steamboat,  steam  tug,  steam  roller, 
steam  derrick,  steam  pile  driver,  tar  kettle  or  similar  machines  or  con- 
trivances, or  from  any  building  or  premises  excepting  for  an  aggregate 
of  six  minutes  in  one  hour,  and  then  only  while  the  fires  are  being 
cleaned,  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a public  nuisance.  Any  person, 
firm  or  corporation  owning  or  causing  to  be  operated  any  locomo- 
tive, steamboat,  steam  tug,  steam  roller,  steam  derrick,  steam  pile 
driver,  tar  kettle  or  similar  machines  or  contrivances,  and  the  own- 
ers, lessees,  occupants,  managers  or  agents  of  any  building  or  prem- 
ises from  which  dense  smoke  is  emitted  or  discharged  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  except  as  hereinbefore  pro- 
vided, shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a violation  of  this  section,  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  each  day  during  which  such 
smoke  shall  be  emitted  or  discharged  shall  constitute  a separate 
offense;  provided,  however,  that  in  any  suit  or  proceeding  under  this 
section  it  shall  be  a good  defense  if  the  person  charged  with  the 
violation  thereof  shall  show  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  jury  or  court 
trying  the  facts,  that  there  is  no  known  practicable  device,  appli- 
ance, means  or  method  by  application  of  which  to  his  building,  estab- 
lishment, premises,  steamboat,  steam  tug,  locomotive,  steam  roller, 
steam  pile  driver,  tar  kettle  or  similar  machines  or  contrivances,  the 
emission  or  discharge  into  the  open  air  of  dense  smoke  complained  of 
in  that  proceeding  could  have  been  prevented. 

Sec.  2669.  Every  furnace  must  be  so  constructed  as  to  effectively 
prevent  the  emission  of  dense  smoke,  or  must  have 
attachments  which  will  effectively  accomplish  such  results.  Com- 
plete plans  and  specifications  for  the  erection  of  new  furnaces, 
breeching  and  stacks  for  producing  light,  heat  or  power,  or  for  the 
reconstruction  of  old  furnaces,  breeching  and  stacks  for  such  pur- 
poses, must  be  submitted  in  duplicate  and  approved  by  the  Inspector 
of  Boilers  and  Elevators,  before  the  work  of  erection  or  reconstruc- 
tion is  begun.  As  soon  as  the  Inspector  of  Boilers  and  Elevators  has 
issued  a permit  as  above  provided,  he  shall  file  an  approved  copy  of 
said  plans  and  specifications  with  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Build- 
ings, who  shall  see  that  the  building  is  so  erected  that  such  con- 
struction or  reconstruction  may  be  carried  out  according  to  the  ap- 
proved plans  and  specifications. 

Sec.  2670.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  use  any  new  or 
reconstructed  boiler  plant  for  the  production  and  gen- 
eration of  light,  heat  or  power,  until  the  Inspector  of  Boilers  and 
Elevators  shall  have  issued  a certificate  to  the  owner  or  user  show- 
ing that  the  construction  or  reconstruction  is  in  compliance  with  the 
provisions  of  this  article.  All  owners  or  users  of  boiler  plants  for 
producing  light,  heat  or  power  before  making  any  alteration,  change 
or  addition  to  any  furnace,  device  or  chimney,  shall  first  submit  to 
the  Inspector  of  Boilers  and  Elevators  plans  and  specifications  cover- 
ing the  work  contemplated,  and  secure  a permit  from  him,  provided, 
however,  that  minor  necessary  repairs  which  do  not  make  any  sub- 
stantial change  affecting  smoke  emission,  may  be  made  by  or  under 
the  direction  of  the  engineer  in  charge  of  said  plant  without  a 
permit. 


— 189 


Sec.  2671.  The  Inspector  of  Boilers  and  Elevators  shall  collect 
tli7  following  fees,  and  issue  receipts  therefor;  for 
inspection  of  plans  for  the  construction  or  reconstruction  of  high 
pressure  boiler  plants  or  heating  plants  having  boilers  of  over  five 
hundred  square  feet  of  heating  surface  per  boiler,  two  dollars;  for 
inspection  of  plans  of  cast  iron  boilers  and  low  pressure  shell  boilers 
of  a heating  surface  of  five  hundred  square  feet  or  less,  one  dollar; 
for  inspection  of  plans  for  repairs  or  alterations,  one  dollar;  for 
examination  of  high  pressure  plants  or  heating  plants  having  boilers 
of  over  five  hundred  square  feet  of  heating  surface  per  boiler,  after 
their  construction  or  reconstruction  and  before  their  operation,  three 
dollars;  for  examination  of  cast  iron  boilers  and  of  low  pressure  shell 
boilers  of  a heating  surface  of  five  hundred  square  feet  or  less  after 
their  installation  and  before  their  operation,  two  dollars.  The  fee 
paid  for  the  inspection  or  examination  shall  include  the  issuance  of  a 
permit  or  certificate  in  case  such  permit  or  certificate  is  granted. 
The  provisions  of  the  ordinances  with  respect  to  certificates  for 
boiler  inspections  shall  apply  to  the  above  mentioned  receipts.  The 
issuance  and  delivery  by  the  Inspector  of  Boilers  and  Elevators  of 
any  permit  or  certificate  shall  not  be  held  to  exempt  any  person  or 
corporation  to  whom  any  such  permit  has  been  issued  or  delivered, 
or  who  is  in  possession  of  any  such  permit,  from  prosecution  on  ac- 
count of  the  emission  or  issuance  of  dense  smoke  caused  or  permitted 
by  any  such  person  or  corporation. 

Approved  July  15th,  1914. 

Sec.  2672.  The  Iiisj^ector  of  Boilers  and  Elevators  and  the  smoke 
inspectors  are  hereby  authorized,  in  the  performance 
of  their  duties,  to  enter  at  all  reasonable  hours  upon  and  into  any 
buildings,  establishments,  premises  and  enclosures  in  or  from  which 
they  may  believe  that  the  provisions  of  the  ordinances  or  of  any  act 
of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Missouri  relating  to  smoke 
abatement  have  been  or  are  being  violated,  and  to  inspect  or  exam- 
ine such  buildings,  establishments,  premises  or  enclosures  in  order 
to  ascertain  whether  or  not  there  is  any  known  practicable  device, 
appliance,  means  or  method  by  which  the  emission  or  discharge  of 
dense  smoke  therefrom  could  have  been  or  could  be  prevented.  Any 
person  who  shall  interfere  with  the  Inspector  of  Boilers  and  Ele- 
vators, or  any  of  his  deputies  or  employes,  in  the  discharge  of  their 
duties,  or  shall  hinder  or  prevent  him  or  any  of  his  deputies  or 
employes  from  entering  into  or  upon  or  from  inspecting  any  build- 
ings, establishments,  premises  or  enclosures  in  the  discharge  of  their 
duties,  shall  be  deem.ed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  shall  be  subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  2673.  It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  all  i)atrolmeii  and 
officers  of  the  police  force  of  the  city  to  assist  said 
Inspector  of  Boilers  and  Elevators  and  his  deputies  in  the  perform- 
ance of  their  duties  and  to  report  to  the  Chief  of  Police  all  violations 
of  the  laws  directed  against  the  emission  of  dense  smoke  coming  to 
their  knowledge.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Chief  of  Police  to  report 
such  violations  to  the  Inspector  of  Boilers  and  Elevators  as  soon  as 
practicable  after  such  reports  are  received  by  him. 

Sec.  2675.  Any  violation  of  the  pro^'isions  of  this  article  for 
which  a penalty  is  not  provided  shall  be  deemed  a 
misdemeanor,  and  the  person,  firm  or  corporation  guilty  thereof 
shall  upon  conviction  be  subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  twenty-five 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense.  Ord. 
26908. 

Approved  February  15,  1913. 

— 190— 


ORDINANCES 


GOVERNING  THE  CONSTRUCTION 


INSTALLATION  AND  INSPECTION 


OF 


BOILERS  AND  ELEVATORS 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  MECHANICAL  ENGINEERS 


BOILER  CODE  AND  SPECIFICATIONS 


— 191 


STEAM  HEATING  HOT  WATER 

We  will  design  and  install  a complete  apparatus  in 
any  building  of  any  size  in  any  part  of  the  country. 

Steam  or  Hot  Water  Warming  Make  a Continual  Summer 
When  Temperature  Is  Zero  Outside 

Thousands  of  ])uildings,  churches,  schools  and  dwellings 
heated  SUCCESSFULLY  and  ECONOMICALLY. 

Cold  homes  not  necessary  if  OUR  apparatus  is  installed. 

We  will  be  pleased  to  give  gratuitous  advice  and  estimates 
upon  any  contemplated  installation,  and  respectfully  invite  you 
to  call  or  address  us. 

Decide  now  to  have  a warm  home  for  next  winter. 

ELLIOTT  & BARRY 
ENGINEERING  CO. 

1426  OLIVE  STREET 

BELL,  OLIVE  242  KINLOCH,  CENTRAL  5320 


Lindell  1138  Delmar  77 

Star  Heating  & American  Fire  Escape  Co. 

Manufacturers  of 

AMERICAN  FIRE  ESCAPES 

STAR  HOT  AIR  FURNACES 
STAR  HOT  WATER  AND  STEAM  HEATERS 
WAGON  AND  WALL  CHUTES 
SALAMANDERS,  ETC. 

3941  to  3951  Forest  Park  Blvd.  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


iBt0hop-®abrodi-lrrkpr  GIo. 

210  S.  BROADWAY 

COMPLETE  VACUUM  EQUIPMENT 

FOR 

AIRLINE.  RETURN  LINE.  HEATING  SYSTEMS 

WITH  ORWITHOUT  PUMPS 

COMPLETE  EQUIPMENT  FOR 

VACU-VAPOR  AND  VAPOR  SYSTEMS 
WITH  OR  WITHOUT  REGULATIONS 


— 192 — 


ORDINANCES  GOVERNING  THE 


CONSTRUCTION,  INSTALLATION  AND  INSPECTION 


O F 


BOILERS  AND  ELEVATORS 


(SEE  INDEX  FOLLOWING  CODE  INDEX.  FRONT  OF  BOOK) 


Section  1.  That  all  steam  boilers  hereafter  constructed  and  in- 
stalled, or  installed,  or  furnished  to  be  used  within 
the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  whether  stationary,*port- 
able  or  moving  while  in  operation,  shall  be  of  the  material  and  con- 
structed according  to  the  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers 
Boiler  Ck>de  of  1915,  which  is  in  substance  and  matter  as  hereinafter 
prescribed,  provided,  however,  that  steam  boilers  subject  to  federal 
inspection  and  control,  including  marine  boilers,  boilers  of  steam 
locomotives  and  other  self-propelled  railroad  apparatus,  also  motor 
road  vehicles,  shall  be  exempt  from  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 
No  manufacturer,  jobber,  dealer  or  agent  shall  hereafter  construct 
and  install,  set  up  or  furnish  to  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  any 
steam  boiler  to  be  used  within  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  which  comes 
within  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  until  the  plans  and  specifica- 
tions thereof  shall  have  been  filed  in  the  Office  of  the  Division  of 
Building  and  Inspection  and  approved  by  the  Building  Commissioner, 
and  no  person  shall  permit  such  boiler  to  be  installed  or  used  until 
the  requirements  hereof  shall  have  been  fully  complied  with.  Ord. 
29523. 

POWER  BOILERS — ^NEW  INSTALLATION— MATERIALS. 

Sec.  a.  Class  of  materials.  The  materials  used  in  the  construc- 
tion of  high  pressure  steam  power  boilers  which  are  to  be 
installed  or  used  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  St.  Louis 
shall  be  as  follows: 

Paragraph  1.  Steel  plates  for  any  part  of  a boiler  when  exposed 
to  the  fire  or  products  of  combustion,  and  under 
pressure,  shall  be  of  firebox  quality  as  designated  in  the  Speciflca- 

—193— 


tions  for  Boiler  Plate  Steel.  Steel  plates  for  any  part  of  a boiler, 
where  firebox  quality  is  not  specified,  when  under  pressure,  shall 
be  of  firebox  or  flange  quality  as  designated  in  the  Specifications  for 
Boiler  Plate  Steel. 

Par.  2.  Specifications  for  boiler  plate  steel — Process.  The  steel 
shall  be  made  by  the  open  hearth  process  and  shall  con- 
form to  the  following  requirements  as  to  its  chemical  composition 
and  physical  properties; 

Chemical  comimsition.  The  steel  shall  conform  to  the  following 
requirements  as  to  chemical  composition; 


FLANGE  FIREBOX 

Plates  % in.  thick  and 

Carbon under  ...0.12 — 0.25% 

Plates  over  % in.  thick 
0.12—0.30% 

Manganese  0.30 — 0.60%  0.30 — 0.50% 

Phosphorus — Acid  ....  Not  over  0.05%  Not  over  0.04% 

Phosphorus — Basic  Not  over  0.04%  Not  over  0.035% 

Sulphur  Not  over  0.05-%  Not  over  0.04% 

Copper  Not  over  0.05% 


PHYSICAL  PROPERTIES. 


The  material  shall  conform  to  the  following  requirements  as  to 
tensile  properties;  Flange  Firebox 

Tensile  strength,  lb.  per  sq.  in 55,000 — 65,000  55,000 — 6'3,000 

Yield  point,  min.,  lb.  per  sq.  in 0.5  tens.  str.  0.5  tens.  str. 

Elongation  in  8-in.,  min.,  per  cent  1,500,000  1,500,000 

(See  Par.  29)  Tens.  str.  Tens.  str. 


Marking.  Each  shell  plate  shall  be  legibly  stamped  by  the  manu- 
facturer with  the  melt  or  slab  number,  name  of  manufacturer, 
grade  and  the  minimum  tensile  strength  of  the  stipulated  range,  in 
three  places,  two  of  which  shall  be  located  at  diagonal  corners  about 
twelve  inches  from  the  edge  and  one  about  the  center  of  the  plate, 
or  at  a point  selected  and  designated  by  the  purchaser  so  that  the 
stamp  shall  be  plainly  visible  when  the  boiler  is  completed. 

Each  head  shall  be  legibly  stamped  by  the  manufacturer  in  two 
places,  about  twelve  inches  from  the  edge,  with  the  melt  or  slab 
number,  name  of  manufacturer,  grade,  and  the  minimum  tensile 
strength  of  the  stipulated  range  in  such  manner  that  the  stamp  is 
plainly  visible  -when  the  boiler  is  completed. 

Each  butt  strap  shall  be  legibly  stamped  by  the  manufacturer  in 
two  places  on  the  center  line  about  twelve  inches  from  the  ends, 
with  the  melt  or  slab  number,  name  of  manufacturer,  grade,  and 
the  minimum  tensile  strength  of  the  stipulated  range. 

Par.  3.  Braces  when  welded  shall  be  of  wrought  iron  of  the 
quality  designated  in  the  Specifications  for  Refined 
Wrought  Iron  Bars.  , 

SPECIFICATIONS  FOR  REFINED  WROUGHT  IRON  BARS. 

PHYSICAL  PROPERTIES. 

The  iron  shall  conform  to  the  following  minimum  requirements 


as  to  tensile  properties; 

Tensile  strength,  lb.  per  sq.  in 48,000 

Yield  point,  lb.  per  sq.  in 25,000 

Elongation  in  8 in.,  per  cent 22 


Par.  4.  Manhole  iind  handhole  covers.  Manhole  and  handhole 
covers  and  other  parts  subjected  to  pressure,  and  braces 
and  lugs,  when  made  of  steel  plate,  shall  be  of  firebox  or  flange  qual- 
ity, as  designated  in  the  Specifications  for  Boiler  Plate  Steel. 

— 19  4— 


Par.  5.  Steel  bars.  Steel  bars  for  braces  and  for  other  boiler 
parts,  except  as  otherwise  specified  herein,  shall  be  of  the 
quality  designated  in  the  Specifications  for  Steel  Bars.  The  steel 
shall  be  made  by  the  open-hearth  process. 

CHEMICAL  COMPOSITION. 


The  steel  shall  conform  to  the  following  requirements  as  to  chem- 
ical composition: 

Phosphorus — Acid  not  over  0.06  per  cent 

Phosphorus — Basic  not  over  0.04  per  cent 

Sulphur  not  over  0.05  per  cent 

PHYSICAL  PROPERTIES. 


Tension  tests.  The  material  shall  conform  to  the  following  re- 
quirements as  to  tensile  properties: 


Tensile  strength,  lb.  per  sq.  in 55,000 — 65,000 

Yield  point,  min.,  per  sq.  in 0.5  tens.  str. 

1,500,000 


Elongation  in  8 in.,  min.,  per  cent. 


Elongation  in  2 in.,  min.,  per  cent. 


Tens.  str. 
22 


Par.  6.  Staybolts.  Staybolts  shall  be  of  iron  or  steel  of  the 
quality  designated  in  the  Specifications  for  Staybolt  Iron 
or  in  the  Specifications  for  Staybolt  Steel. 


PHYSICAL  PROPERTIES.* 


Tension  tests.  The  iron  shall  conform  to  the  following  require- 
ments as  to  tensile  properties: 

Tensile  strength,  lb  per  sq.  in 49,500 — 53,000 

Yield  point,  min.,  lb.  per  sq.  in 0.6  tens.  str. 

Elongation  in  8 in.,  min.,  per  cent 30 

Reduction  of  area,  min.,  per  cent 4 8 

Par.  7.  Staybolt  steel.  Steel  for  staybolts  shall  conform  to  the 
requirements  for  Boiler  Rivet  Steel,  except  that  the  ten- 
sile properties  shall  be  as  follows: 

Tensile  strength,  lb.  per  sq.  in 49,000 — 53,000 

Yield  point,  min.,  lb.  per  sq.  in 0.5  tens.  str. 

Elongation  in  8 in.,  min.,  per  cent ; 1,500,000 


Tensile  strength 

Par.  8.  Rivets  shall  be  of  steel  or  iron  of  the  quality  designated 
in  the  specifications  for  Boiler  Rivet  Steel  or  in  the 
specifications  for  Boiler  Rivet  Iron,  as  follows: 

Steiel.  The  steel  shall  be  made  by  the  open-hearth  process. 

Chemical  composition.  The  steel  shall  conform  to  the  following 
requirements  as  to  chemical  composition: 


Manganese  0.30 — 0.50  per  cent 

Phosphorus  not  over  0.04  per  cent 

Sulphur  not  over  0.045  per  cent 


STEEL — PHYSICAL  PROPERTIES. 

Tension  tests.  The  bars  shall  conform  to  the  following  require- 


ments as  to  tensile  properties: 

Tensile  strength,  lb.  per  sq.  in 45,000 — 55,000 

Yield  point,  min.,  lb.  per  sq.  in 0.5  tens,  str 

Elongation  in  8 in.,  min.,  per  cent 1,500,000 


but  need  not  exceed  30  per  cent.  

Tens.  str. 


— 195— 


iron — PHYSICAL  PROPERTIES. 


Tension  tests.  The  iron  shall  conform  to  the  following  require- 


ments as  to  tensile  properties: 

Tensile  strength,  Ih.  per  sq.  in 48,000 — 52,000 

Yield  point,  min.,  Ih.  per  sq.  in 0.6  tens.  str. 

Elongation  in  8 in.,  min.,  per  cent 28 

Reduction  of  area,  min.,  per  cent 4 5 


CROSS  PIPES. 

Par.  9.  Cross  pipes  connecting  the  steam  and  water  drums  of 
water  tube  boilers,  headers  and  cross  boxes  and  all  press- 
ure parts  of  the  boiler  proper  over  two-inch  pipe  size,  or  equivalent 
cross  sectional  area,  shall  be  of  wrought  steel,  or  cast  steel  of  Class 
“B”  grade,  as  designated  in  the  Specifications  for  Steel  Castings, 
when  the  maximum  allowable  working  pressure  exceeds  one  hundred 
and  sixty  pounds  per  square  inch. 

Process.  The  steel  shall  be  made  by  the  open  hearth  or  crucible  • 
process. 

Chemical  composition.  The  castings  shall  conform  to  the  follow- 
ing requirements  as  to  chemical  composition: 


Class  A Class  B 

Carbon  not  over  0.30  per  cent  

Phosphorus  not  over  0.06  per  cent  not  over  0.05  per  cent 

Sulphur  not  over  0.05  per  cent 


PHYSICAL  PROPERTIES. 
(For  Class  B Castings  only.) 


Tension  tests.  The  castings  shall  conform  to  the  following  min- 
imum requirements  as  to  tensile  properties: 


Tensile  strength,  lb.  per  sq.  in. 

Yield  point,  lb.  per  sq.  in 

Elongation  in  2 in.,  per  cent.. 
Reduction  of  area,  per  cent 


Hard  Medium  Soft 

80.000  70,000  60,000 

36.000  31,500  27,000 

15  18  22 

20  25  30 


Mud  drums  of  boilers  used  for  other  than  heating  purposes  shall 
be  of  wrought  steel,  or  cast  steel  of  Class  B grade,  as  designated  in 
the  Specifications  for  Steel  Castings. 

Pressure  parts  of  super-heaters,  separately  fired  or  attached  to 
stationary  boilers,  unless  of  the  locomotive  tjT>e,  shall  be  of  wrought 
steel,  or  cast  steel  of  Class  B grade,  as  designated  in  the  Specifica- 
tions for  Steel  Castings. 

Water-leg  and  door-frame  rings  of  vertical  fire-tube  boilers  thirty- 
six  inches  or  over  in  diameter,  and  of  locomotive  and  other  type 
boilers,  shall  be  of  wrought  iron  or  steel  or  cast  steel  of  Class  B 
grade,  as  designated  in  the  Specifications  for  Steel  Castings.  The 
O G or  other  fianged  construction  may  be  used  as  a substitute  in  any 
case. 

Par.  10.  Cast-iron  shall  not  be  used  for  boiler. and  superheater 
mountings,  such  as  nozzles,  connecting  pipes,  fittings, 
valves,  and  their  bonnets,  for  steam  temperatures  of  over  four  hun- 
dred and  fifty  degrees  Fahrenheit. 

Par.  11.  Tensile  strength  of  steel  plate.  The  tensile  strength 
used  in  the  computations  for  steel  plates  shall  be  that 
stamped  on  the  plates  as  herein  provided,  which  is  the  minimum  of 
the  stipulated  range,  or  fifty-five  thousand  pounds  per  square  inch 
for  all  steel  plates,  except  for  special  grades  having  a lower  tensile 
strength. 

Par.  12.  Crusliing  strength  of  stoel  plate.  The  resistance  to 
crushing  of  steel  plate  shall  be  taken  at  ninety-five  thou- 
sand pounds  per  square  inch  of  cross-sectional  area. 

— 196 — 


Par.  13.  Strength  of  rivets  in  shear.  In  computing  the  ultimate 
strength  of  rivets  in  shear,  the  following  values  in 
pounds  per  square  inch  of  the  cross-sectional  area  of  the  rivet  shank 


shall  be  used: 

Iron  rivets  in  single  shear 38,000 

Iron  rivets  in  double  shear 76,000 

Steel  rivets  in  single  shear 4 4,000 

Steel  rivets  in  double  shear 88,000 


The  cross-sectional  area  used  in  the  computations  shall  be  that  of 
the  rivet  shank  after  driving. 

MINIMUM  THICKNESSES  OF  PLATES  AND  TUBES. 

Par.  14.  Tliickness  of  plates.  The  minimum  thickness  of  any 
boiler  plate  under  pressure  shall  be  U,  in. 

Par.  15.  The  minimum  thickness  of  shell  plates,  and  dome  plates 
after  flanging,  shall  be  as  follows: 

WHEN  THE  DIAMETER  OF  SHELL  IS 
36  In.  or  Under  Over  36  In.  to  54  In.  Over  54  In.  to  72  In.  Over  72  In. 
in.  5/16  in.  % in.  V2  in. 

Par.  16.  The  minimum  thickness  of  butt  straps  shall  be  as  given 
in  Table  1 : 


TABLE  1.  MINIMUM  THICKNESS  OF  BUTT  STRAPS 


Thickness  of  1 

Minimum  Thickness 

Thickness  of 

Minimum  Thickness.. 

Shell  Plates, 

of  Butt  Straps, 

Shell  Plates, 

of  Butt  Straps, 

In. 

In. 

In. 

In. 

V4, 

M 

A 

-h 

X 

A 

A 

% 

'2 

M 

K 

M 

A 

A 

1 

K 

H 

iT 

H 

IK 

H 

V2 

■h 

IK 

Vs 

Par.  17.  The  minimum  thicknesses  of  tube  sheets  for  horizontal 
return  tubular  boilers  shall  be  as  follows; 

WHEN  THE  DIAMETER  OF  TUBE  SHEET  IS 
42  In.  or  Under  Over  42  In.to  54  In.  Over  54  In. to  7 2 In.  Over  72  In. 
% in.  7/16  in.  1/2  in.  9/16  in. 

Par.  18.  Tubes  for  water-tube  boilers.  The  minimum  thicknesses 
of  tubes  used  in  water-tube  boilers  measured  by  Bir- 


mingham wire  gauge,  for  maximum  allowable  working  pressure  not 
exceeding  165  lbs.  per  square  inch,  shall  be  as  follov/s: 

Diameter  less  than  3 in No.  12  B.W.G. 

Diameter  3 in.  or  over,  but  less  than  4 in No.  11  B.W.G. 

Diameter  4 in.  or  over,  but  less  than  5 in No.  10  B.V/.G. 

Diameter  5 in No.  9 B.W.G. 

The  above  gages  shall  be  increased  for  maximum  allowable  work- 
ing pressures  higher  than  165  lbs.  per  square  inch,  as  follows; 

Over  165  lb.  but  not  exceeding  235  lb 1 gage 

Over  235  IT),  but  not  exceeding  285  lb 2 gages 

Over  285  lb.  but  not  exceeding  400  lb S gages 

Tubes  over  4-in.  diameter  shall  not  be  used  for  maximum  allow- 


able working  pressures  above  285  IT),  per  square  inch. 

Par.  19.  Tubes  for  fire-tub<‘  boilers.  The  minimum  thicknesses 
of  tubes  used  in  fire-tube  boilers  measured  by  Birming- 
ham wire  gage,  for  maximum  allowable  working  pressures  not  ex- 
ceeding 175  lb.  per  square  inch,  shall  be  as  follows: 

— -197— 


Diameters  less  than  2V2  in No.  13  B.W.G. 

Diameter  2V2  in.  or  over,  but  less  than  314  in. .No.  12  B.W.G. 

Diameter  314  in.  or  over,  but  less  than  4 in. ...No.  11  B.W.G. 

Diameter  4 in.  or  over,  but  less  than  5 in. ...No.  11  B.W.G. 

Diameter  5 in No.  9 B.W.G. 

For  higher  maximum  allowable  working  pressures  than  given 
above  the  thicknesses  shall  be  increased  one  gage. 

SPECIFICATIONS  FOR  GRAY  IRON  CASTINGS. 

Par.  20.  Chemical  properties.  The  sulphur  contents  to  be  as 
follows; 

Light  castings  not  ov^r  0.08  per  cent 

Medium  castings  not  over  0.10  per  cent 

Heavy  castings  not  over  0.12  per  cent 

Classification,  In  dividing  castings  into  light,  medium  and  heavy 
classes,  the  following  standards  have  been  adopted; 

Casting  having  any  section  less  than  14  in.  thick  shall  be  known 
as  light  castings. 

Castings  in  which  no  section  is  less  than  2 in.  thick  shall  be  known 
as  heavy  castings. 

Medium  castings  are  those  not  included  in  the  above  classifica- 
tion. 

PHYSICAL  PROPERTIES. 

Par.  21.  Ti*ansvei*se  test.  The  minimum  breaking  strength  of 
the  “Arbitration  Bar’’  under  transverse  load  shall  be 

not  under; 

Light  castings 2500  lbs. 

Medium  castings  2 900  lbs. 

Heavy  castings 3300  lbs. 

In  no  case  shall  the  defiection  be  under  0.10  in. 

Tensile  test.  Where  specified,  this  shall  not  run  less  than; 

Light  castings 18,000  lb.  per  sq.  in. 

Medium  castings 21,000  lb.  per  sq.  in. 

Heavy  castings 24,000  lb.  per  sq.  in. 

Par.  22.  Boiler  tubes  lapwehled  or  seamless.  Process.  Lap- 
welded  tubes  shall  be  made  of  open-hearth  steel  or 
knobbled  hammered  charcoal  iron. 

Seamless  tubes  shall  be  made  of  open-hearth  steel. 

CHEMICAL  PROPERTIES. 

Chemical  composition.  The  steel  shall  conform  to  the  following 
requirements  as  to  chemical  composition; 


Carbon  0.08 — 0.18  per  cent 

Manganese  0.30 — 0.50  per  cent 

Phosphorus  not  over  0.04  per  cent 

Sulphur  not  over  0.045  per  cent 


SECTION  THREE 

CONSTRUCTION  AND  MAXIMUM  ALLOWABLE 
PRESSURES  FOR  POWER  BOILERS 


Par.  1.  Maximum  allowable  working  pressure.  The  maximum 
allowable  working  pressure  is  that  at  which  a boiler  may 
be  operated  as  determined  by  employing  the  factors  of  safety, 
stresses,  and  dimensions  designated  in  this  ordinance.  Ord.  29523. 

— 198 — 


No  boiler  shall  be  operated  at  a higher  pressure  than  the  maxi- 
mum allowable  working  pressure  except  when  the  valve  or  valves 
are  blowing,  at  which  time  the  maximum  allowable  working  pressure 
shall  not  be  exceeded  by  more  than  six  per  cent. 

Wherever  the  term  maximum  allowable  working  pressure  is  used 
herein  it  refers  to  gage  pressure,  or  the  pressure  above  the  atmo- 
sphere, in  pounds  per  square  inch. 

Par.  2.  The  maximum  allowable  working  pressure  on  the  shell 
of  a boiler  or  drum  shall  be  determined  by  the  strength 
of  the  weakest  course,  computed  from  the  thickness  of  the  plate,  the 
tensile  strength  stamped  thereon,  as  provided  for  in  Par.  2,  section 
22,  the  efficiency  of  the  longitudinal  joint,  or  of  the  ligament  be- 
tween the  tube  holes  in  shell  or  drum  (whichever  is  the  least),  the 
inside  diameter  of  the  course,  and  the  factor  of  the  safety. 

TS  X t X E 

= maximum  allowable  working  pressure,  hi.  per  sq.  in. 

RXFS 

where 

TS  = ultimate  tensile  strength  stamped  on  shell  plates,  as 
provided  for  in  Par.  2,  section  2,  lb.  per  sq.  in. 
t = minimum  thickness  of  shell  plates  in  weakest  course,  in. 

^ E = efficiency  of  longitudinal  joint  or  of  ligaments  between 
tube  holes  (whichever  is  the  least). 

R = inside  radius  of  the  weakest  course  of  the  shell  or 
drum,  in. 

FS  = factor  of  safety,  or  the  ratio  of  the  ultimate  strength 
of  the  material  to  the  allowable  stress.  For  new 
constructions,  FS  in  the  above  formula  = 5. 

BOILER  JOINTS. 

Par.  3.  Efficiency  of  a joint.  The  efficiency  of  a joint  is  the  ratio 
which  the  strength  of  the  joint  bears  to  the  strength  of 
the  solid  plate.  In  the  case  of  a riveted  joint  this  is  determined  by 
calculating  the  breaking  strength  of  a unit  section  of  the  joint,  con- 
sidering each  possible  mode  of  failure  separa^tely,  and  dividing  the 
lowest  result  by  the  breaking  strength  of  the  solid  plate  of  a length 
equal  to  that  of  the  section  considered. 

Par.  4.  The  distance  between  the  center  lines  of  any  two  adjacent 
rows  of  rivets,  or  the  “back  pitch”  measured  at  right 
angles  to  the  direction  of  the  joint,  shall  be  at  least  twice  the  diame- 
ter of  the  rivets  and  shall  also  meet  the  following  requirements: 

Where  each  rivet  in  the  inner  row  comes  midway  between 
two  rivets  in  the  outer  row,  the  sum  of  the  two  diagonal  sec- 
tions of  the  plate  between  the  inner  rivet  and  the  two  outer 
rivets  shall  be  at  least  2 0 per  cent  greater  than  the  section  of 
the  plate  between  the  two  rivets  in  the  outer  row. 

Where  two  rivets  in  the  inner  row  come  between  two  rivets 
in  the  outer  row,  the  sum  of  the  two  diagonal  sections  of  the 
plate  between  the  two  inner  rivets  and  the  two  rivets  in  the 
outer  row  shall  be  at  least  2 0 per  cent  greater  than  the  differ- 
ence in  the  section  of  the  plate  between  the  rivets  in  the 
outer  row  and  the  two  rivets  in  the  inner  row. 

Par.  5.  On  longitudinal  joints,  the  distance  from  the  centers  of 
rivet  holes  to  the  edges  of  the  plates,  except  rivet  holes 
in  the  ends  of  butt  straps,  shall  be  not  less  than  one  and  one-half 
times  the  diameter  of  the  rivet  holes. 

Par.  Ha.  Circumferential  joints.  The  strength  of  circumferential 
joints  of  boilers,  the  heads  of  which  are  not  stayed  by 
tubes  or  through  braces  shall  be  at  least  5 0 per  cent  that  of  the 
longitudinal  joints  of  the  same  structure. 

—199— 


When  5 0 per  cent  or  more  of  the  load  which  would  act  on  an  un- 
stayed solid  head  of  the  same  diameteT  as  the  shell,  is  relieved  by 
the  effect  of  tubes  or  through  stays,  in  consequence  of  the  reduction 
of  the  area  acted  on  by  the  pressure  and  the  holding  power  of  the 
tubes  and  stays,  the  strength  of  the  circumferential  joints  in  the 
shell  shall  be  at  least  3 5 per  cent  that  of  the  longitudinal  joints. 

Par.  6.  When  shell  plates  exceed  9/16  in.  in  thickness  in  horizon- 
tal return  tubular  boilers,  the  portion  of  the  plates  form- 
ing the  laps  of  the  circumferential  joints,  where  exposed  to  the  fire 
or  products  of  combustion,  shall  be  planed  or  milled  down  to  V2  in. 
in  thickness. 

Par.  7.  Welded  joints.  The  ultimate  tensile  strength  of  a longi- 
tudinal joint  which  has  been  properly  welded  by  the  forg- 
ing process,  shall  be  taken  as  2 8,500  lb.  per  sq.  in.,  with  steel  plates 
having  a range  in  tensile  strength  of  47,000  to  55,000  lb.  per  sq.  in. 

Par.  8.  Longitudinal  joints.  The  longitudinal  joints  of  a shell  or 
drum  which  exceeds  3 6 in.  in  diameter  shall  be  of  butt 
and  double-strap  construction. 

The  longitudinal  joints  of  a shell  or  drum  which  does  not 
exceed  36  in.  in  diameter,  may  be  of  lap-riveted  construction;  but 
the  maximum  allowable  working  pressure  shall  not  exceed  100  lb.  per 
sq  .in. 

Par.  9.  The  longitudinal  joints  of  horizontal  return  tubular  boil- 
ers shall  be  located  above  the  fire-line  of  the  setting. 

Par.  10.  A horizontal  return  tubular  boiler  on  which  a longitudi- 
nal lap  joint  is  permitted  shall  not  have  a course  over  12 
ft.  in  length.  With  butt  and  double-strap  construction,  longitudinal 
joints  of  any  length  may  be  used,  provided  the  plates  are  tested 
transversely  to  the  direction  of  rolling,  which  tests  shall  show  the 
standards  prescribed  under  the  Specifications  of  Boiler  Plate  Steel. 

Par.  11.  Butt  straps  and  the  ends  of  shell  plates  forming  the 
longitudinal  joints  shall  be  rolled  or  formed  by  pressure, 
not  blows,  to  the  proper  curvature. 

LIGAMENTS. 

Par.  12.  Efficiency  of  ligament.  When  a shell  or  drum  is  drilled 
for  tubes  in  a line  parallel  to  the  axis  of  the  shell  or 
drum,  the  efficiency  of  the  ligament  betw’een  the  tube  holes  shall  be 
determined  as  follows: 

When  the  pitch  of  the  tube  holes  on  every  row  is  equal,  the  for- 


mula  is: 

1) — d 

= efficiency  of  ligament 

P 

where 

p = pitch  of  tube  holes,  in. 
d = diameter  of  tube  holes,  in. 

When  the  pitch  of  the  tube  holes  on  any  one  row  is  unequal, 
the  formula  is: 

p — n d 

= efficiency  of  ligament 

P 

wh3re 

p = unit  length  of  ligament,  in. 
n = number  of  tube  holes  in  length,  p, 
d = diameter  of  tube  holes,  in. 

—200— 


P^r.  13.  When  a shell  or  drum  is  drilled  for  tube  holes  in  a line 
diagonal  with  the  axis  of  the  shell  or  drum,  the  efficien- 
cy of  the  ligament  between  the  tube  holes  shall  be  determined  by  the 
following  methods  and  the  lowest  value  used; 

0.9  5 (p^ — (1) 

a = efficiency  of  ligament 


b = efficiency  of  ligament 

1> 

where 

p = diagonal  pitch  of  tube  holes,  in. 

d = diameter  of  tube  holes,  in. 

p = longitudinal  pitch  of  tube  holes  or  distance  between 
centers  of  tubes  in  a longitudinal  row,  in. 

The  constant  0.9  5 in  formula  a applies,  provided  p^  divided  by  d 
is  1.5  or  over. 

Par.  14.  Domes.  The  longitudinal  joint  of  a dome  2 4 in.  or  over 
in  diameter  shall  be  of  butt  and  double-strap  construc- 
tion, and  its  flange  shall  be  double  riveted  to  the  boiler  shell  when 
the  maximum  allowable  working  pressure  exceeds  100  lb.  per  sq.  in. 

The  longitudinal  joint  of  a dome  less  than  24  in.  in  diameter  may 
be  of  the  lap  type,  and  its  flange  may  be  single  riveted  to  the  boiler 
shell,  provided  the  maximum  allowable  working  pressure  on  such  a 
dome  is  computed  with  a factor  of  safety  of  not  less  than  8. 

The  dome  may  be  located  on  the  barrel  or  over  the  fire-box  on 
traction,  portable  or  stationary  boilers  ' of  the  locomotive  type  up  to 
and  including  4 8 in.  barrel  diameter.  For  larger  barrel  diameters 
the  dome  shall  be  placed  on  the  barrel. 

DISHED  HEADS. 

Par.  15.  Convex  heads.  The  thickness  required  in  an  unstayed 
dished  head  with  the  pressure  on  the  concave  side,  when 
it  is  a segment  of  a sphere,  shall  be  calculated  by  the  following  for- 
mula: 

5.5XPXD 

t'  = + % 

2 XTS 

where 

t = thickness  of  plate,  in. 

P = maximum  allowable  working  pressure,  lb.  per  sq.  in. 

TS  = tensile  strength,  lb.  per  sq.  in. 

L/  = radius  to  which  the  head  is  dished,  in. 

Where  the  radius  is  less  than  80  per  cent  of  the  diameter  of  the 
shell  or  drum  to  which  the  head  is  attached  the  thickness  shall  be  at 
least  that  found  by  the  formula  by  making  L equal  to  80  per  cent  of 
the  diameter  of  the  shell  or  drum. 

Concave  heads.  Dished  heads  with  the  pressure  on  the  convex 
side  shall  have  a maximum  allowable  working  pressure  equal  to  60 
per  cent  of  that  for  heads  of  the  same  dimensions  with  the  pressure 
on  the  concave  side. 

When  a dished  head  has  a manhole  opening,  the  thickness  as 
found  by  these  Rules  shall  be  increased  by  not  less  than  % in. 

Par.  1C>.  When  dished  heads  are  of  a less  thickness  than  called 
for  by  Par.  15,  they  shall  be  stayed  as  flat  surfaces,  no, 
allowance  being  made  in  such  staying  for  the  holding  power  due  to, 
the  spherical  form. 

Par.  17.  The  corner  radius  of  an  unstayed  dished  head  measured! 

on  the  concave  side  of  the  head  shall  not  be  less  than, 
in.  or  more  than  4 in.  and  within  these  limits  shall  be  not  les^, 
than  3 per  cent  of  L in  Par.  15. 

—201— 


Par.  18.  A manhole  opening  in  a dished  head  shall  be  flanged  to 
a depth  of  not  less  than  three  times  the  thickness  of  the 
head  measured  from  the  outside. 


BRACED  AND  STAYED  SURFACES. 


Par.  19.  The  maximum  allowable  working  pressure  for  various 
thicknesses  of  braced  and  stayed  flat  plates  and  those 
which  by  these  Rules  required  staying  as  flat  surfaces  with  braces  or 
stayholts  of  uniform  diameter  symmetrically  spaced,  shall  be  calcu- 
lated by  the  formula: 

t2 

P = C X 


where 


p2 


P = maximum  allowable  working  pressure,  Ih.  per  sq.  in. 
t = thickness  of  plate  in  sixteenths  of  an  inch 


p = maximum  pitch  measured  between  straight  lines  passing 
through  the  centers  of  the  stayholts  in  the  different 
rows,  which  lines  may  be  horizontal,  vertical  or  in- 
clined, in. 

C = 112  for  stays  screwed  through  plates  not  over  7/16  in. 
thick  with  ends  riveted  over 

C = 120  for  stays  screwed  through  plates  over  7/16  in.  thick 
with  ends  riveted  over 

0=135  for  stays  screwed  through  plates  and  fitted  with 
single  nuts  outside  of  plate 

C = 175  for  stays  fitted  with  inside  and  outside  nuts  and 
outside  washers  where  the  diameter  of  washers  is  not 
less  than  0.4p  and  thickness  not  less  than  t. 

If  flat  plates  not  less  than  % in.  thick  are  strengthened  with  doubling 
plates  securely  riveted  thereto  and  having  a thickness  of  not  less 
than  2/3  t,  nor  more  than  t,  then  the  value  of  t in  the  formula  shall 
be  % of  the  combined  thickness  of  the  plates,  and  the  values  of  C 
given  above  mayalso  be  increased  15  per  cent. 


Par.  20.  Stayholts.  The  ends  of  screwed  stayholts  shall  be  rivet- 
ed over  or  upset  by  equivalent  process.  The  outside 
ends  of  such  stayholts  shall  be  drilled  with  a hole  at  least  3/16  in. 
diameter  to  a depth  extending  in.  beyond  the  inside  of  the  plates, 
except  on  boilers  having  a grate  area  not  exceeding  15  sq.  ft.,  where 
the  drilling  of  the  stayholts  is  optional. 


Par.  21.  When  channel  irons  or  other  members  are  securely  riv- 
eted to  the  boiler  heads  for  attaching  through  stays  the 
transverse  stress  on  such  members  shall  not  exceed  12,500  lb.  per  sq. 
in.  In  computing  the  stress,  the  section  modulus  of  the  member 
shall  be  used  without  addition  for  the  strength  of  the  plate.  The 
spacing  of  the  rivets  over  the  supported  surface  shall  be  in  con- 
formity with  that  specified  for  stayholts. 

Par.  22.  The  ends  of  stays  fitted  with  nuts  shall  not  be  exposed 
to  the  direct  radiant  heat  of  the  fire. 

Par.  2S.  The  maximum  spacing  between  centers  of  rivets  attach- 
ing the  crowfeet  of  braces  to  the  braced  surface  shall  be 
determined  by  the  formula  in  Par.  19,  using  135  for  value  of  i\ 

The  maximum  spacing  between  the  inner  surface  of  the  shell  and 
lines  parallel  to  the  surface  of  the  shell  passing  through  the  centers 
of  the  rivets  attaching  the  crowfeet  of  braces  to  the  head,  shall  be 
determined  by  the  formula  in  Par.  19,  using  160  for  the  value  of  C. 

—202— 


TABLE  2.  MAXIMUM  ALLOWABLE  PITCH,  IN  INCHES,  OF  SCREWED 
STAYBOLTS,  ENDS  RIVETED  OVER 


Pressure, 
Lb.  per  Sq.  In. 

Thickness  of  Plate,  In. 

A 

A 

IT 

Vs 

H 

Maximum  Pitch  of  Staybolts,  In. 

100 

6^ 

TVs 

110 

5 

6 

7 

120 

4M 

5% 

6M 

8 

125 

4M 

5Vs 

6->g 

ry 

130 

4^ 

6 kg 

7V8 

140 

41^ 

5H 

7^ 

150 

syg 

6 

8 

160 

5 

^Vs 

ry 

170 

4 

4^ 

sys 

6M 

7V2 

m 

180 

5H 

6M 

7% 

8Vs 

190 

5H 

7% 

7% 

200 

43^ 

5M 

&V8 

7 

7% 

83^ 

225 

4M 

4V8 

7H 

8 

250 

4 

4H 

ey 

&Vs 

7% 

300 

4M 

5 

5V8 

6K 

7 

Pai*.  24.  The  formula  in  Par.  19  was  used  in  computing  Table  2. 
Where  values  for  screwed  stays  with  ends  riveted  over  are  required 
for  conditions  not  given  in  Table  2,  they  may  be  computed  from  the 
formula  and  used,  provided  the  pitch  does  not  exceed  Sy2  in. 

Par.  2o.  The  distance  from  the  edge  of  a staybolt  hole  to  a 
straight  line  tangent  to  the  edges  of  the  rivet  holes 
may  be  substituted  for  p for  staybolts  adjacent  to  the  riveted  edges 
bounding  a stayed  surface.  When  the  edge  of  a stayed  plate  is 
flanged,  p shall  be  measured  from  the  inner  surface  of  the  flange, 
at  about  the  line  of  rivets  to  the  edge  of  the  staybolts  or  to  the  pro- 
jected edge  of  the  staybolts. 

Par.  26.  The  distance  between  the  edges  of  the  staybolt  holes 
may  be  substituted  for  p for  staybolts  adjacent  to  a 
furnace  door  or  other  boiler  fitting,  tube  hole,  handhole  or  other 
opening. 

Par.  27.  In  water  leg  boilers,  the  staybolts  niay  be  spaced  at 
greater  distances  between  the  rows  than  indicated  in 
Table  2,  provided  the  portions  of  the  sheet  which  come  between  the 
rows  of  staybolts  have  the  proper  transverse  strength  to  give  a fac- 
tor of  safety  of. at  least  5 at  the  maximum  allowable  working  press- 
ure. 

Par.  28.  The  diameter  of  a screw  stay  shall  be  taken  at  the  bot- 
tom of  the  thread,  provided  this  is  the  least  diameter. 

Par.  29.  The  least  cross-sectional  area  of  a stay  shall  be  taken 
in  calculating  the  allowable  stress,  except  that  when  the 
stays  are  welded  and  have  a larger  cross-sectional  area  at  the  weld 
than  at  some  other  point,  in  which  case  the  strength  of  the  weld 
shall  be  computed  as  well  as  in  the  solid  part  and  the  lower  value 
used. 

Par.  J50.  Holes  for  screw  stays  shall  be  drilled  full  size  or  punched 
not  to  exceed  i/4  in.  less  than  full  diameter  of  the  hole 
for  plates  over  5/16  in.  in  thickness,  and  % in.  less  than  the  full 
diameter  of  the  hole  for  plates  not  exceeding  5/16  in.  in  thickness, 
and  then  drilled  or  reamed  to  the  full  diameter.  The  holes  shall  be 
tapped  fair  and  true,  with  a full  thread. 

I*ar.  J?l.  The  ends  of  steel  stays  upset  for  threading,  shall  be 
thoroughly  annealed. 

—203— 


Par.  32.  An  internal  cylindrical  furnace  which  requires  staying 
shall  be  stayed  as  a flat  surface,  as  indicated  in  Table  2. 

Pai*.  33.  Staying'  segments  of  heads.  A segment  of  a head  shall 
be  stayed  by  head  to  head,  through,  diagonal,  crowfoot 
or  gusset  stays,  except  that  a horizontal  return  tubular  boiler  may 
be  stayed  as  provided  in  Pars.  47  to  51. 

Par.  34.  Areas  of  segments  of  heads  to  be  stayed.  The  area  of  a 
segment  of  a head  to  be  stayed  shall  be  the  area  en- 
closed by  lines  drawn  3 in.  from  the  shell  and  2 in.  from  the  tubes. 

Par.  35.  In  water  tube  boilers,  the  tubes  of  which  are  connected 
to  drum  heads,  the  area  to  be  stayed  shall  be  taken  as 
the  total  area  of  the  head  less  a 5 in.  annular  ring,  measured  from 
the  inner  circumference  of  the  drum  shell. 

When  such  drum  heads  are  30  in.  or  less  in  diameter  and  the 
tube  plate  is  stiffened  by  flanged  ribs  or  gussets,  no  stays  need  be 
used  if  a hydrostatic  test  to  destruction  of  boiler  or  unit  section 
built  in  accordance  with  the  construction,  shows  that  the  factor  of 
safety  is  at  least  5. 

Par.  36.  In  a Are  tube  boiler,  stays  shall  be  used  in  the  tube 
sheets  if  the  distances  between  the  edges  of  the  tube 
holes  exceed  the  maximum -pitch  of  staybolts  given  in  Table  2.  That 
part  of  the  tube  sheet  which  comes  between  the  tubes  and  the  shell 
need  not  be  stayed  when  the  distance  from  the  inside  of  the  shell  to 
the  outer  surface  of  the  tubes  does  not  exceed  that  given  by  the 
formula  in  Par.  19,  using  160  for  th  value  of  C. 

Par.  37.  The  net  area  to  be  stayed  in  a segment  of  a head  may 
be  determined  by  the  following  formula: 

4 (H— 5)2  W 1 2 R— 3) 

1 0.608  = area  to  be  stayed  sq.  in. 

3 (H— 5) 

where 

H = distance  from  tubes  to  shell,  in. 

R = radius  of  boiler  head,  in. 

Par.  38.  When  the  portion  of  the  head  below  the  tubes  in  a hori- 
zontal return  tubular  boiler  is  provided  with  a manhole 
opening,  the  flange  of  which  is  formed  from  the  solid  plate  and 
turned  inward  to  a depth  of  not  less  than  three  times  the  thickness 
of  the  head,  measured  from  the  outside,  the  area  to  be  stayed  may 
be  reduced  by  100  sq.  in.  The  surface  around  the  manhole  shall 
be  supported  by  through  stays  with  nuts  inside  and  outside  at  the 
front  head. 

TABLE  3.  MAXIMUM  ALLOWABLE  STRESSES  FOR  STAYS  AND  STAYBOLTS 


Description  of  Stays 

Stresses,  Lb.  per  Sq.  In. 

For  Lengths  between 
Supports  not  Exceed- 
ing 120  Diameters 

For  Lengths  between 
Supports  Exceeding 
120  Diameters 

a Unwelded  stays  less  than  twenty  diameters  long 
screwed  through  plates  with  ends  riveted  over 
b Unwelded  stays  and  unwelded  portions  ofwelded 

stays,  except  as  specified  in  line  a 

c Welded  portions  of  stays 

7500 

9500 

6000 

8500 

6000 

—204— 


Par.  39.  When  stay  rods  are  screwed  through  the  sheets  and 
riveted  over,  they  shall  be  supported  at  intervals  not 
exceeding  6 ft.  In  boilers  without  manholes,  stay  rods  over  6'  ft.  in 
length  may  be  screwed  through  the  sheets  and  fitted  with  nuts  and 
washers  on  the  outside. 

Par.  40.  The  maximum  allowable  stress  per  square  inch  net  cross 
sectional  area  of  stays  and  staybolts  shall  be  as  given  in 

Table  3. 

The  length  of  the  stay  between  supports  shall  be  measured  from 
the  inner  faces  of  the  stayed  plates.  The  stresses  are  based  on 
tension  only.  For  computing  stresses  in  diagonal  stays,  see  Prs. 
43  and  44. 

Par.  41.  The  allowable  loads  based  on  the  net  cross-sectional 
areas  of  staybolts  with  V-threads,  are  computed  from 
the  following  formulae.  The  use  of  Whitworth  threads  with  other 
pitches  is  permissible. 

The  formula  for  the  diameter  of  a staybolt  at  the  bottom  of  a 
V-thread  is: 


D — (P  X 1.732)  = d 

where 

D = diameter  of  staybolt  over  the  threads,  in. 

P = pitch  of  threads,  in. 

d = diameter  of  staybolt  at  bottom  of  threads,  in. 

1.732  = a constant. 

When  U.  S.  threads  are  used,  the  formula  becomes 
D—  (P  X 1.732  X 0.75)  = d 

Tables  4 and  5 give  the  allowable  loads  on  net  cross-sectional 
areas  for  staybolts  with  V-threads,  having  12  and  10  threads  per 
inch: 


TABLE  4.  ALLOWABLE  LOADS  ON  STAYBOLTS  WITH  V-THREADS, 


12  THREADS  PER  INCH 


Outside  Diameter 
of 

Staybolts,  In. 

Diameter  at 
Bottom  of 
Thread, 
In. 

Net  Cross- 
Sectional  Area 
(at  Bottom  of 
Thread),  Sq.  In. 

Allowable  Load 
at  7500  Lb. 
Stress  per 
Sq.  In. 

Va 

0 . 7500 

0,.6057 

0.288 

2160 

0 8125 

0 6682 

0 351 

2632 

Vh 

0.8750 

0 7307 

0 419 

3142 

H 

0 9375 

0 7932 

0 494 

3705 

1 

1.0000 

0.8557 

0.575 

4312 

1 tV 

1 . 0625 

0.9182 

0.662 

4965 

1 12.50 

0 . 9807 

0 . 755 

5662 

1 A 

1 1875 

1 0432 

0 855 

6412 

IM 

1 2500 

1.1057 

0.960 

7200 

1 A 

1 3125 

1 1682 

1 072 

8040 

1 . 37.50 

1.2307 

1 190 

8925 

1 A 

1 4375 

1 2932 

1 313 

9849 

IH 

1 . 5000 

1 3557 

1.444 

10830 

■2f06— 


TABLE  5.  ALLOWABLE  LOADS  ON  STAYBOLTS  WITH  V-THREADS, 
10  THREADS  PER  INCH 


Outside  Diameter 
of 

Staybolts,  In. 

Diameter  at 
Bottom  of 
Thread, 
In. 

Net  Cross- 
Sectional  Area 
(at  Bottom  of 
Thread),  Sq.  In. 

Allowable  Load 
at  7500-  Lb. 
Stress  per 
Sq.  In. 

1 . 2500 

1.0768 

0.911 

|6832 

1 A 

1.3125 

1 13J3 

1.019 

|7642 

IH 

1.3750 

1.2018 

1 134 

|8505 

1 

1.4375 

1 . 2643 

1 255 

1 9412 

1 . 5000 

1 . 3268 

1.382 

10365 

ii^ 

1 . 5625 

1 . 3893 

1.515 

11362 

1 . 6250 

1.4518 

1.655 

12412 

Par.  41a.  Table  6 shows  the  allowable  loads  on  net  cross-sectional 
areas  of  round  stays  or  braces. 


TABLE  6.  ALLOWABLE  LOADS  ON  ROUND  BRACES  OR  STAY  RODS 


Minimum 

Net 

Allowable  Stress,  in  Lbs.  per  Sq.  In.,  Net  Cross- 
Sectional  Area 

Diameter 

Cross-Sectional 

of  Circular 

Area  of  Stay, 

6000 

8500 

9500 

Stay, 

In. 

in  Sq.  In. 

Allowable  Load,  in  Lbs.,  on  Net  Cross-Sectional  Area 

1 

1 . 0000 

0 . 7854 

4712 

6676 

7462 

1 A 

1.0625 

0.8866 

5320 

7536 

8423 

lys 

1 . 1250 

0 9940 

5964 

8449 

9443 

lA 

1 1875 

1 1075 

6645 

9414 

10521 

IM 

1.2500 

1 . 2272 

7363 

10431 

11658 

1 A 

1.3125 

1 3530 

8118 

11501 

12854 

iVs 

1 . 3750 

1 4849 

8909 

12622 

14107 

1.4375 

1.6230 

9738 

13796 

15419 

ly 

1.5000 

1.7671 

10603 

15020 

16787 

1 . 5625 

1 9175 

11505 

16298 

18216 

IH 

1.62j0 

2.0739 

12443 

17628 

19702 

IH 

1.6875 

2 23c5 

13419 

19010 

21247 

IM 

1 . 7500 

2.4053 

14432 

20445 

22852 

iH 

1.8125 

2.5802 

15481 

21932 

24512 

iVs 

1.8750 

2.7612 

16567 

23470 

26231 

iH 

1 9375 

2.9483 

17690 

25061 

28009 

2 

2 . 0000 

3 1416 

18850 

26704 

29845 

2H 

2.1250 

3.5466 

21280 

30147 

33693 

2M 

2.2500 

3.9761 

23857 

33.97 

37773 

2H 

2.3750 

4.4301 

26580 

37656 

42086 

23^ 

2.5000 

4 9087 

29452 

41724 

46632 

2H 

2 . 6250 

5 4119 

32471 

1 46001 

51413 

2h 

2.7500 

5 9396 

35638 

50487 

56426 

2H 

2.8750 

6.4918 

38951 

55181 

61673 

3 

3 . 0000 

7.0686 

42412 

60083 

67152 

—206— 


Par.  42.  Table  7 gives  the  net  areas  of  segments  of  heads  for 
use  in  computing  stays. 


TABLE  7.  NET  AREAS  OF  SEGMENTS  OF  HEADS 


Height 

Diameter  of  Boiler.  In. 

from 

Tubes 

to 

Shell, 

24 

30 

36 

42 

48 

54 

60 

66 

72 

78 

84 

90 

96 

In. 

Area  to  be  Stayed, 

Sq.  In 

8 

28 

33 

37 

40 

43 

47 

51 

53 

55 

58 

60 

1 

63 

65 

814 

35 

41 

46 

51 

55 

59 

63 

66 

70 

74 

76 

80 

82  ; 

9 

42 

49 

56 

62 

67 

72 

76 

82 

86 

90 

92 

95 

98 

50 

58 

66 

70 

80 

86 

91 

96 

101 

105 

111 

116 

119 

10 

57 

68 

77 

85 

93 

99 

106 

112 

117 

123 

129 

132 

137 

10^ 

66 

78 

89 

98 

107 

114 

123 

131 

1.35 

142 

147 

153 

160 

11 

74 

88 

100 

111 

121 

130 

138 

147 

155 

161 

169 

174 

183 

111^ 

83 

99 

112 

124 

137 

146 

156 

165 

173 

181 

189 

196 

204 

12 

91 

109 

125 

139 

151 

163 

174 

184 

194 

203 

213 

219 

230 

12H 

13 

120 

138 

153 

167 

180 

193 

204 

216 

224 

234 

243 

252 

132 

151 

168 

183 

197 

211 

224 

235 

247 

256 

267 

279 

13H 

14 

143 

164 

183 

200 

216 

230 

246 

258 

270 

282 

293 

302 

155 

178 

199 

217 

234 

250 

266 

280 

294 

305 

319 

331 

UV2 

15 

167 

192 

215 

235 

254 

271 

287 

303 

318 

333 

345 

360 

178 

206 

231 

252 

273 

291 

309 

326 

343 

357 

372 

386 

15H 

16 

220 

247 

271 

291 

312 

332 

350 

368 

382 

400 

417 

235 

263 

289 

312 

334 

355 

374 

394 

411 

423 

443 

IGV2 

17 

249 

281 

308 

332 

357 

380 

399 

420 

436 

457 

475 

264 

297 

326 

353 

378 

402 

425 

447 

467 

486 

502 

17t^ 

18 

314 

345 

374 

400 

426 

449 

471 

494 

516 

536 

331 

365 

396 

424 

450 

476 

500 

520 

543 

564 

181^ 

19 

349 

384 

417 

448 

476 

.501 

526 

552 

577 

598 

366 

404 

439 

470 

500 

529 

555 

580 

604 

631 

19M 

20 

384 

424 

461 

496 

528 

558 

584 

613 

641 

663 

401 

444 

483 

519 

552 

583 

613 

642 

667 

699 

201^ 

21 

464 

505 

543 

578 

613 

643 

675 

706 

729 

485 

528 

568 

604 

640 

673 

705 

733 

766 

21H 

22 

505 

551 

594 

632 

669 

703 

739 

766 

797 

526 

574 

618 

658 

697 

734 

769 

800 

835 

22^ 

23 

597 

643 

687 

726 

765 

800 

835 

867 

620 

668 

713 

754 

796 

830 

869 

906 

23  V2 

24 

642 

695 

740 

784 

827 

866 

904 

945 

667 

719 

768 

814 

859 

897 

939 

978 

241^ 

25 

689 

745 

797 

843 

892 

934 

975 

1018 

714 

771 

825 

875 

922 

966 

1010 

1051 

25!^ 

26 

737 

798 

855 

907 

956 

1003 

1047 

1092 

761 

824 

882 

936 

987 

1035 

1083 

1126 

26>^ 

27 

850 

909 

968 

1024 

1073 

1120 

1167 

877 

939 

998 

10.53 

1106 

1157 

1202 

27^ 

28 

904 

968 

1030 

1089 

1145 

1195 

1243 

930 

997 

1060 

1120 

1177 

1232 

1279 

28 1^ 
29 

1028 

1092 

1157 

1211 

1270 

1321 

10.56 

1123 

1187 

1248 

1305 

1360 

29 

30 

1084 

11.55 

1221 

1284 

1347 

1400 

1115 

1187 

12.55 

1321 

1.382 

1442 

30H 

31 

1218 

1290 

13.58 

1424 

1480 

1252 

1324 

1394 

14.59 

152.3 

31t^ 

32 

1286 

13.59 

14.33 

1496 

1.561 

1317 

1394 

1467 

15.38 

1605 

32H 

33 

1430 

1.508 

1.575 

16.50 

1465 

1.542 

1617 

1687 

33V2 

34 

1.500 

1.578 

1655 

17.33 

1.5.36 

1617 

1695 

1770 

34^ 

35 

16.54 

17.35 

1816 

1692 

1775 

18.56 

35K 

36 

1810 

1900 

1857 

1941 

361/2 

37 

1984 

' 

2026 

—207— 


Par.  43.  Stresses  in  diagonal  and  gusset  stays.  Multiply  the  area 
of  a direct  stay  required  to  support  the  surface  by  the 
slant  or  diagonal  length  of  the  stay;  divide  this  product  by  the 
length  of  a line  drawn  at  right  angles  to  surface  supported  to  center 
of  palm  of  diagonal  stay.  The  quotient  will  be  the  required  area  of 
the  diagonal  stay. 

aXL 


A = sectional  area  of  diag’>nal  stay,  sq.  in. 
a =:  sectional  area  of  direi  stay,  sq.  in. 

Ij  = length  of  diagonal  stay,  as  indicated  in  inches. 

1 = length  of  line  drawn  at  right  angles  to  boiler  head  or 
surface  supported  to  center  of  palm  of  diagonal  stay, 
as  indicated  in  inches. 

Par.  44.  For  staying  segments  of  tube  sheets  such  as  in  horizontal 
return  tubular  boilers,  where  L is  not  more  than  1.15 
times  1 for  any  brace,  the  stays  may  be  calculated  as  direct  stays, 
allowing  90  per  cent  of  the  stress  given  in  Table  3. 

Pai’.  45.  Diameter  of  pins  and  ai’ea  of  rivets  in  brace.  The  sec- 
tional area  of  pins  to  resist  double  shear  and  bending 
when  secured  in  crowfoot,  sling,  and  similar  stays  shall  be  at  least 
equal  to  three-fourths  of  the  required  cross-sectional  area  of  the 
brace.  The  combined  cross  section  of  the  eye  at  the  sides  of  the 
pin  shall  be  at  least  25  per  cent  greater  than  the  required  cross- 
sectional  area  of  the  brace. 

The  cross-sectional  area  of  the  rivets  attaching  a brace  to  the 
shell  or  head  shall  be  not  less  than  one  and  one-quarter  times  the 
required  sectional  area  of  the  brace.  Each  branch  of  a crowfoot 
shall  be  designed  to  carry  two-thirds  of  the  total  load  on  the  brace. 
The  net  sectional  areas  through  the  sides  of  the  crowfeet,  tee  irons 
or  similar  fastenings  at  the  rivet  holes  shall  be  at  least  equal  to 
the  required  rivet  section.  All  rivet  holes  shall  be  drilled  and  burrs 
removed,  and  the  pins  shall  be  made  a neat  fit. 

TABLE  8.  SIZES  OF  ANGLES  REQUIRED  FOR  STAYING  SEGMENTS  OF  HEADS 
With  the  short  legs  of  the  angles  attached  to  the  head  of  the  boiler 


Height 

of 

Segment, 

30'  Boiler 

34'  Boiler 

36 — Boiler 

Distance 
of  angles 
from  top 
of  shell 

Angle 

3'x2p 

Thick- 

ness, 

inches 

! 

Angle 

3px3' 

Thick- 

ness, 

inches 

i 

Angle 

4"x3' 

Thick- 

ness, 

inches 

Angle 

3px3' 

Thick- 

ness, 

inches 

Angle 

4'x3' 

Thick- 

ness, 

inches 

Angle 

5'x3' 

Thick- 

ness, 

inches 

1 

Angle 

4'x3' 

Thick- 

ness, 

inches 

Angle 

5'x3' 

Thick- 

ness, 

inches 

Angle 

6'x3p 

Thick- 

ness, 

inches 

10 

A 

A 

6H 

11 

Vs 

A 

ire 

re 

re 

— 

— 

— 

7 

12 

A 

A 

V 

re- 

re 

A 

— 

7H 

13 

— 

A 

A 

A 

re 

Vs 

— 

8 

14 

— 

— 

— 

Vs 

re 

Vs 

8}^ 

15 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

V2 

K 

H 

H 

9 

16 

~ 

Vs 

re 

9^ 

Par.  46,  Gusset  stays  when  constructed  of  triangular  right- 
angled  web  plates  secured  to  single  or  double  angle  bars 
along  the  two  sides  at  right  angles  shall  have  a cross-sectional  area 
(in  n plane  at  right  angles  to  the  longest  side  aud  passing  through 

— 208-e 


the  intersection  of  the  two  shorter  sides)  not  less  than  10  per  cent 
greater  than  would  be  required  for  a diagonal  stay  to  support  the 
same  surface,  figured  by  the  formula  in  Par.  43,  assuming  the  diag- 
onal stay  is  at  the  same  angle  as  the  longest  side  of  the  gusset  plate. 

Par.  47.  Staying  of  upper  segments  of  tube  heads  by  steel  angles. 

When  the  shell  of  a boiler  does  not  exceed  3 6 in.  in 
diameter  and  is  designed  for  a maximum  allowable  working  press- 
ure not  exceeding  100  lbs.  per  sq.  in.,  the  segment  of  heads  above  the 
tubes  may  be  stayed  by  steel  angles  as  specified  in  Table  8,  except 
that  angles  of  equal  thickness  and  greater  depth  of  outstanding  leg, 
or  of  greater  thickness  and  the  same  depth  of  outstanding  leg,  may 
be  substituted  for  those  specified.  The  legs  attached  to  the  heads 
may  vary  in  depth  V2  in.  above  or  below  the  dimensions  specified  in 
Table  8. 

Par.  48.  When  this  form  of  bracing  is  to  be  placed  on  a boiler, 
the  diameter  of  which  is  intermediate  to  or  below  the 
diameters  given  in  Table  8,  the  tubular  values  for  the  next  higher 
diameter  shall  govern.  Rivets  of  the  same  diameter  as  used  in  the 
longitudinal  seams  of  the  boiler  shall  be  used  to  attach  the  angles 
to  the  head  and  to  connect  the  outstanding  legs. 

Par.  49.  The  rivets  attaching  angles  to  heads  shall  be  spaced  not 
over  4 in.  apart.  The  centers  of  the  end  rivets  shall  be 
not  over  3 in.  from  the  ends  of  the  angle.  The  rivets  through  the 
outstanding  legs  shall  be  spaced  not  over  8 in.  apart;  the  centers  of 
the  end  rivets  shall  be  not  more  than  4 in.  from  the  ends  of  the 
angles.  The  ends  of  the  angles  shall  be  considered  those  of  the  out- 
standing legs  and  the  lengths  shall  be  such  that  their  ends  overlap 
a circle  3 in.  inside  the  inner  surface  of  the  shell. 

Par.  50.  The  distance  from  the  center  of  the  angles  to  the  shell 
of  the  boiler  shall  not  exceed  the  values  given  in  Table 
8,  but  in  no  case  shall  the  leg  attached  to  the  head  on  the  lower 
angle  come  closer  than  2 in.  to  the  top  of  the  tubes. 

Par.  51.  When  segments  are  beyond  the  range 'specified  in  Table 
8,  the  heads  shall  be  braced  or  stayed  in  accordance  with 
the  requirements  of  this  ordinance. 

Par.  52.  Crown  bars  and  girder  stays.  Crown  bars  and  girder 
stays  for  tops  of  combustion  chambers  and  back  con- 
nections, or  wherever  used,  shall  be  proportioned  to  conform  to  the 
following  formula: 


where 


C X d2  X T 

Maximum  allowable  working  pressure  = 

(W— P)  XDXAV 

W = extreme  distance  between  supports,  in. 

p = pitch  of  supporting  bolts,  in. 

I)  = distance  between  girders  from  center  to  center,  in. 

d = depth  of  girder,  in. 

T = thickness  of  girder,  in. 

C = 7000  when  the  girder  Is  fitted  with  one  supporting  bolt 

0 = 10,000  when  the  girder  is  fitted  with  two  or  three  sup- 
porting bolts 

C = 11,000  when  the  girder  is  fitted  with  four  or  five  sup- 
porting bolts 

C = 1 1,500  when  the  girder  is  fitted  with  six  or  seven  sup- 
porting bolts 

C = 12,000  when  the  girder  is  fitted  with  eight  or  more  sup-: 
porting  bolts 


— 209- 


Example:  Given  W = 34  in.,  P = 7.5  in.,  D = 7.75  in., 

(1  = 7.5  in.,  T = 2 in.;  three  stays  per  girder,  C = 10,000;  then 
substituting  in  formula: 

Maximum  allowable  working  pressure  = 

10,000y  7.5y  7.5y  2 

= 161.1  lb.  per  sq.  in. 

( 3 4 — 7 .5)y7.75y34 

Par.  53.  Maximimi  allowable  working  pressure  on  truncated 
cones.  Upper  combustion  chambers  or  vertical  sub- 
merged tubular  boilers  made  in  the  shape  of  a frustum  of  a cone 
when  not  over  38  in.  diameter  at  the  large  end,  may  be  used  without 
stays  if  figured  by  the  rule  for  plain  cylindrical  furnaces  (Par.  61), 
making  D in  the  formula  equal  to  the  diameter  at  the  large  end. 
When  over  38  in.  in  diameter,  that  portion  over  30  in.  in  diameter 
shall  be  fully  supported  by  staybolts  or  gussets  to  conform  to  the 
provisions  for  the  staying  of  fiat  surfaces. 


Par.  54.  Stay  tubes.  When  stay  tubes  are  used  in  multitubular 
boilers  to  give  support  to  the  tube  plates,  the  sectional 
area  of  such  stay  tubes  may  be  determined  as  follows; 

(A— a)  P 

Total  section  of  stay  tubes,  sq.  in.  = 

T 


where 

A = area  of  that  portion  of  the  tube  plate  containing  the 
tubes,  sq.  in. 

a = aggregate  area  of  holes  in  the  tube  plate,  sq.  in. 

P = maximum  allowable  working  pressure,  Ib.  per  sq.  in. 

T working  tensile  stress  allowed  in  the  tubes,  not  to  exceed 
7000  lbs,  per  sq.  in. 


Par.  55.  The  pitch  of  stay  tubes  shall  conform  to  the  formula 
given  in  Par.  19,  using  the  values  of  C as  given  in 

Table  9: 


TABLE  9.  VALUES  OF  C FOR  DETERMINING  PITCH  OF  STAY  TUBES 


Pitch  of  Stay  Tubes  in  the  Bounding  Rows 

■^Tien  tubes 
have  no  Nuts 
Outside  of  Plates 

■^Tien  tubes 
are  Fitted  with 
Nuts  Outside 
of  Plates 

"tMiere  there  are  two  plain  tubes  between  each  stay  tube. 

120 

130 

Where  there  is  one  plain  tube  between  each  stay  tube . . 

140 

150 

Where  every  tube  in  the  bounding  rows  is  a stay  tube 

and  each  alternate  tube  has  a nut 

170 

When  the  ends  of  tubes  are  not  shielded  from  the  action  of  flame  or 
ridiant  heat,  the  values  of  C shall  be  reduced  20  per  cent.  The  tubes 
shall  project  about  44  in.  at  each  end  and  be  slightly  flared.  Stay 
tubes  when  threaded  shall  not  be  less  than  3/16  in.  thick  at  bottom 
of  thread;  nuts  on  stay  tubes  are  not^advised.  For  a nest  of  tubes  € 
shall  be  taken  as  140  and  S as  the  mean  pitch  of  stay  tubes.  For 
spaces  between  nests  of  tubes  S shall  be  taken  as  the  horizontal  dis- 
tance from  center  to  center  of  the  bounding  rows  of  tubes  and  C as 
given  in  Table  9. 

TUBE  SHEETS  OF  COMBUSTION  CHAMBERS. 

Par.  5G.  The  maximum  allowable  working  pressure  on  a tube 
, sheet  of  a combustion  chamber,  where  the  crown  sheet 
is  not  suspended  from  the  shell  of  the  boiler,  shall  be  determined  by 
the  following  formula; 


—210— 


p 


(D — d)  TX  27,000 


W X D 

where 

P = maximum  allowable  working  pressure,  lb.  per  sq.  in. 

D = least  horizontal  distance  between  the  tube  centers,  in. 

d = inside  diameter  of  tubes,  in. 

T = thickness  of  tube  plate,  in. 

W = distance  from  tube  sheet  to  opposite  combustion  chamber 
sheet,  in. 

Example:  Required  the  working  pressure  of  a tube  sheet  sup- 

porting a crown  sheet  braced  by  crown  bars.  Horizontal  distance 
between  centers,  4%  in.;  inside  diameter  of  tubes,  2.7  8 2 in.;  thick- 
ness of  tube  sheets,  11/lG  in.;  distance  from  tube  sheet  to  opposite 
combustion  chamber  sheet,  3 4%  in.,  measured  from  outside  of  tube 
plate  to  outside  of  back  plate;  material,  steel.  Substituting  and 
solving: 

(4.125—2.782  X 0.6875  X 27,000 
P = = 176  lb.  per  sq.  in. 

34.25  X 4.125 

Par.  57.  Sling  stays  may  be  used  in  place  of  girders  in  all  cases 
covered  in  Par.  56,  provided,  however,  that  when  such 
sling  stays  are  used,  girders  or  screw  stays  of  the  same  sec- 
tional area  shall  be  used  for  securing  the  bottom  of  the  combustion 
chamber  to  the  boiler  shell. 

Par.  58.  When  girders  are  dispensed  with  and  the  top  and  bottom 
of  combustion  chambers  are  secured  by  sling  stays  or 
braces,  the  sectional  area  of  such  stays  shall  conform  with  the  re- 
quirements of  rules  for  stays  and  stayed  surfaces. 

Par.  59.  Furnaces  of  vertical  boilers.  In  a vertical  fire-tube 
boiler  the  furnace  length,  for  the  purpose  of  calculating 
its  strength  and  spacing  staybolts  over  its  surface,  shall  be  meas- 
ured from  the  center  of  rivets  in  the  bottom  of  the  water-leg  to  the 
center  of  rivets  in  the  flange  of  the  lower  tube  sheet. 

Par.  60.  When  the  longitudinal  joint  of  the  furnace  sheet  of  a 
vertical  fire-tube  boiler  is  of  lap-riveted  construction 
and  staybolted,  a staybolt  in  each  circular  row  shall  be  located  near 
the  longitudinal  joint,  as  shown  in  Fig.  17. 

Par.  61.  Plain  circular  furnaces.  The  maximum  allowable  work- 
ing pressure  for  unstayed,  riveted,  seamless  or  lap 
welded  furnaces,  where  the  length  does  not  exceed  6 times  the  diam- 
eter and  where  the  thickness  is  at  least  5/16  in.,  shall  be  determined 
by  one  or  the  other  of  the  following  formulae: 

a Where  the  length  does  not  exceed  120  times  the  thickness  of 
the  plate 
51.5 

P = — — (18.75  XT)  — (1.03  XE) 

D 

b Where  the  length  exceeds  120  times  the  thickness  of  the 
plate 

4 2 5 0 X T2 

1*  

LX  I) 

where  / 

P = maximum  allowable  working  pressure,  lb.  per  sq.  in. 

I)  = outside  diameter  of  furnace,  in. 

L =:  length  of  furnace,  in. 

T = thickness  of  furnace  walls,  in  sixteenths  of  an  inch. 

—211— 


Where  the  furnaces  have  riveted  longitudinal  joints  no  deduction 
need  be  made  for  the  joint,  provided  the  efficiency  of  the  joint  is 
greater  than  P X I)  divided  by  1,250  XT. 

Example.  Given  a furnace  2 6 in.  in  diameter,  9 4 in.  long  and 
Vz  in.  thick.  The  length  exceeds  120  times  the  thickness  of  the 
plate,  hence  the  formula  (b)  should  be  used.  Substituting  the 
values  in  this  formula: 

4250  X 8 X 8 

P = 111  lb.  per  sq.  in. 

94  X 26 

Par.  62.  A plain  cylindrical  furnace  exceeding  38  in.  in  diameter 
shall  be  stayed  in  accordance  with  the  rules  governing 

flat  surfaces. 

Par.  63.  Circular  flues.  The  maximum  allowable  working  press- 
ure for  seamless  or  welded  flues  more  than  5 in.  in 
diameter  and  up  to  and  including  18  in.  in  diameter  shall  be  deter- 
mined by  one  or  the  other  of  the  following  formulae: 

a Where  the  thickness  of  the  wall  is  less  than  0.023  times  the 
diameter 

10,000,000  X T3  / 

P =:  

D3 


b Where  the  thickess  of  the  wall  is  greater  than  0.023  times 
the  diameter 


where 


17,300  XT 

P = 275 

D 


P = maximum  allowable  working  pressure,  lb.  per  sq.  in. 
D = outside  diameter  of  flue,  in. 

T = thickness  of  wall  of  flue,  in. 


c The  above  formulae  may  be  applied  to  riveted  flues  of  the 
sizes  specified,  provided  the  sections  are  not  over  3 ft.  in 
length  and  provided  the  efficiency  of  the  joint  is  greater 
than  PXD  divided  by  20,000  XT. 

Example.  Given  a flue  14  in.  in  diameter  and  5/16'  in.  thick. 
The  thickness  of  the  wall  is  less  than  0.023  times  the  diameter; 
hence  the  formula  (a)  should  be  used.  Substituting  the  values  in 
this  formula: 

10,000,000x5/16x5/16x5/16 
P = = 110  Ib.  per  sq.  in. 

14x14x14 

Par.  64.  Adamson  type.  When  plain  horizontal  flues  are  made  in 
sections  not  less  than  18  in.  in  length,  and  not  less  than 
5/16  in.  thick: 

a They  shall  be  flanged  with  a radius  measured  on  the  fire  side, 
of  not  less  than  three  times  the  thickness  of  the  plate,  and  the  flat 
portion  of  the  flange  outside  of  the  radius  shall  be  at  least  three 
times  the  diameter  of  the  rivet  holes. 


b The  distance  from  the  edge  of  the  rivet  holes  to  the  edge  of  the 
flange  shall  be  not  less  than  the  diameter  of  the  rivet  hole,  and  the 
diameter  of  the  rivets  before  driving  shall  be  at  least  ^ in.  larger 
than  the  thickness  of  the  plate. 

—212— 


c The  depth  of  the  Adamson  ring  between  the  flanges  shall  be  not 
less  than  three  times  the  diameter  of  the  rivet  holes,  and  the  ring 
shall  be  substantially  riveted  to  the  flanges.  The  Are  edge  of  the 
ring  shall  terminate  at  or  about  the  point  of  tangency  to  the  curve 
of  the  flange,  and  the  thickness  of  the  ring  shall  be  not  less  than  in. 
The  maximum  allowable  working  pressure  shall  be  determined  by 
the  following  formula: 

57.6 

P = (18.75  XT)  — (1.03  XL) 

D 

P = maximum  allowable  working  pressure,  lb.  per  sq.  in. 

D = outside  diameter  of  furnace,  in. 

L = length  of  furnace  section,  in. 

T = thickness  of  plate,  in  sixteenths  of  an  inch. 

Example.  Given  a furnace  4 4 in.  in  diameter,  4 8 in.  in  length, 
and  V2  in.  thick.  Substituting  values  in  formula: 

57. G 

P = (18.75  X 8)  — (1.03  X 48) 

44 

1.309  (150 — 49.44)  = 131  lb.  per  sq.  in. 

Pai’.  65.  The  maximum  allowable  working  pressure  on  corru- 
gated furnaces,  such  as  the  Leeds  suspension  bulb, 
Morrison,  Fox,  Purves,  or  Brown,  having  plain  portions  at  the  ends 
not  exceeding  9 in.  in  length  (except  flues  especially  provided  for) 
when  new  and  practically  circular,  shall  be  computed  as  follows: 

CXT 


P = maximum  allowable  working  pressure,  lb.  per  sq.  in. 

T = thickness,  in. — not  less  than  5-16  in.  for  Leeds,  Morison, 
Fox  and  Brown,  and  not  less  than  7/16  in.  for  Purves 
and  other  furnaces  corrugated  by  sections  not  over  18 
in.  long. 

D = mean  diameter,  in. 

C = 17,300,  a constant  for  Leeds  furnaces,  when  corrugations 
are  not  more  than  8 in.  from  center  to  center  and  not 
less  than  2l^  in  deep. 

C = 15,600,  a constant  for  Morison  furnaces,  when  corruga- 
tions are  not  less  than  8 in.  from  center  to  center  and 
the  radius  of  the  outer  corrugations  is  not  more  than 
one-half  that  of  the  suspension  curve. 

C = 14,000,  a constant  for  Fox  furnaces,  when  corrugations 
are  not  more  than  8 in.  from  center  to  center  and  not 
less  than  IVz  in.  deep. 

C = 14,000,  a constant  for  Purves  furnaces,  when  rib  projec- 
tions are  not  more  than  9 in.  from  center  to  center  and 
not  less  than  1%  in.  deep. 

C = 14,000,  a constant  for  Brown  furnaces,  when  corruga- 
tions are  not  more  than  9 in.  from  center  to  center 
and  not  less  than  1%  in  deep. 

C = 10,000,  a constant  for  furnaces  corrugated  by  sections 
not  more  than  18  in.  from  center  to  center  and  not 
less  than  in.  deep,  measured  from  the  least  inside 
to  the  greatest  outside  diameter  of  the  corrugations, 
and  having  the  ends  fitted  one  into  the  other  and  sub- 
stantially riveted  together,  provided  that  the  plain 
parts  at  the  ends  do  not  exceed  12  in.  in  length. 
In  calculating  the  mean  diameter  of  the  Morison  fur- 
nace, the  least  diameter  plus  2 inches,  may  be  taken 
as  the  mean  diameter. 


—213— 


Par.  6(i.  The  thickness  of  a corrugated  or  ribbed  furnace  shall 
be  ascertained  by  actual  measurement.  The  furnace 
shall  be  drilled  for  a 14~in.  pipe  tap  and  fitted  with  a screw  plug  that 
can  be  removed  for  the  purpose  of  measurement.  For  the  Brown 
and  Purves  furnaces,  the  holes  shall  be  in  the  center  of  the  second 
fiat;  for  the  Morison,  Fox  and  other  similar  types,  in  the  center  of 
the  top  corrugation,  at  least  as  far  in  as  the  fourth  corrugation  from 
the  end  of  the  furnace. 

Par.  07^  Cast  iron  headers.  The  pressure  allowed  on  a water- 
tube  boiler,  the  tubes  of  which  are  secured  to  cast-iron 
or  malleable  iron  headers,  shall  not  exceed  160  lb.  per  sq.  in.  The 
form  and  size  of  the  internal  cross  section  of  a cast-iron  or  malleable- 
iron  header  at  any  point  shall  be  such  that  it  will  fall  within  a 6 in. 
by  7 in.  rectangle. 

\ 

Par.  68.  The  cast  iron  used  for  the  headers  of  water-tube  boilers 
shall  conform  with  the  Specifications  for  Gray-iron  Cast- 
ings given  in  Pars.  20  to  21,  the  header  to  be  arbitrarily  classified 
as  a “medium  casting”  as  to  physical  properties  and  tests,  and  as  a 
“light  casting”  as  to  chemical  properties. 

Par.  69.  A cast-iron  header  when  tested  to  destruction,  shall 
withstand  a hydrostatic  pressure  of  at  least  1200  lbs. 
per  sq.  in.  A hydrostatic  test  at  400  lbs.  per  sq.  in  gage  pressure 
shall  be  made  on  all  new  headers  with  tubes  attached. 

TUBES. 

Par.  70.  Tube  holes  and  ends.  Tube  holes  shall  be  drilled  full 
size  from  the  solid  plate,  or  they  may  be  punched  at 
least  V2  in.  smaller  in  diameter  than  full  size,  and  then  drilled, 
reamed  or  finished  full  size  with  a rotating  cutter. 

Par.  71.  The  sharp  edges  of  tube  holes  shall  be  taken  off  on  both 
sides  of  the  plate  with  a file  or  other  tool. 

Par.  72.  A fire-tube  boiler  shall  have  the  ends  of  the  tubes  sub- 
stantially rolled  and  beaded,  or  welded  at  the  firebox  or 
combustion  chamber  end. 

Par.  73.  The  ends  of  all  tubes,  suspension  tubes  and  nipples  shall 
be  fiared  not  less  than  Vs  in.  over  the  diameter  of  the 
tube  hole  on  all  water-tube  boilers  and  superheaters,  or  they  may 
be  beaded. 

Par.  74.  The  ends  of  all  tubes,  suspension  tubes  and  nipples  of 
water-tube  boilers  and  superheaters  shall  project 
through  the  tube  sheets  or  headers  not  less  than  in.  nor  more 
than  V2  in.  before  fiaring. 

RIVETING. 

Par.  75.  liivetiiig.  Rivet  holes,  except  for  attaching  stays  or 
angle  bars  to  heads,  shall  be  drilled  full  size  with  plates, 
butt  straps  and  heads  bolted  in  position;  or  they  may  be  punched 
not  to  exceed  in.  less  than  full  diameter  for  plates  over  5/16  in. 
in  thickness,  and  Vs  in.  less  than  full  diameter  for  plates  not  exceed- 
ing 5/16  in.  in  thickness,  and  then  drilled  or  reamed  to  full  diameter 
with  plates,  butt  straps  and  heads  bolted  in  position. 

l*ar.  76.  After  drilling  rivet  holes,  the  plates  and  butt  straps 
shall  be  separated  and  the  burrs  removed. 

l*ar.  77.  Rivets.  Rivets  shall  be  of  sufficient  length  to  com- 
pletely fill  the  rivet  holes  and  form  heads  at  least 
equal  in  strength  to  the  bodies  of  the  rivets. 

Par.  78.  Rivets  shall  be  machine  driven  wherever  possible,  with 
sufficient  pressure  to  fill  the  rivet  holes,  and  shall  be  allowed  to  cool 
and  shrink  under  pressure. 


—214— 


CALKING. 


Par.  79.  Calkin^?.  The  calking  edges  of  plates,  butt  straps  and 
heads  shall  be  beveled.  Every  portion  of  the  calking 
edges  of  plates,  butt  straps  and  heads  shall  be  planed,  milled  or 
chipped  to  a depth  of  not  less  than  Vs  in.  Calking  shall  be  done  with 
a round-nosed  tool. 


MANHOLES. 

Par.  80.  Manholes.  An  elliptical  manhole  opening  shall  be  not 
less  than  11  X 15  in.  or  10  X 16  in.  in  size.  A circular 
manhole  opening  shall  be  not  less  than  15  in.  in  diameter. 

Par.  81.  A manhole  reinforcing  ring  when  used,  shall  be  of  steel 
or  wrought  iron,  and  shall  be  at  least  as  thick  as  the 

shell  plate. 


Par.  82.  Manhole  frames  on  shells  or  drums  when  used,  shall 
have  the  proper  curvature,  and  on  boilers  over  4 8 in.  in 
diameter  shall  be  riveted  to  the  shell  or  drum  with  two  rows  of 
rivets. 


Par.  83.  The  strength  of  the  rivets  in  shear  on  manhole  frames 
and  reinforcing  rings  shall  be  at  least  equal  to  the  ten- 
sile strength  of  that  part  of  the  shell  plate  removed,  on  a line  paral- 
lel to  the  axis  of  the  shell,  through  the  center  of  the  manhole,  or 
other  opening. 


Par.  84.  The  proportion  of  manhole  frames  and  other  reinforcing 
rings  to  conform  to  the  above  specifications  may  be 
determined  by  the  use  of  the  following  formulae,  which  are  based 
on  the  assumption  that  the  rings  shall  have  the  same  tensile  strength 
per  square  inch  of  section  as,  and  be  of  not  less  thickness  than,  the 
shell  plate  removed. 


For  a single-riveted  ring;  W = -l-d 

2 Xt 
IXt^ 

For  a double-riveted  ring:  AV  = -^2d 

2 Xt 

'X., 

For  two  single-riveted  rings:  AV  = -}-<l 

4 Xt 
1 Xt^  . 

For  two  double-riveted  rings:  AV  = -|-2d 

4 Xt 


Where 

AV  = least  width  of  reinforcing  ring,  in. 
t^  = thickness  of  shell  plate,  in. 
d = diameter  of  rivet  when  driven,  in. 
t = thickness  of  reinforcing  ring — not  less  than  thickness 
of  the  shell  plate,  in. 

T = tensile  strength  of  the  ring,  IT),  per  sq.  in.  of  section 
a = net  section  of  one  side  of  the  ring  or  rings,  sq.  in. 

S = shearing  strength  of  rivet,  tt).  per  sq.  in.  of  section 
(Par.  13,  Section  2.) 

1 = length  of  opening  in  shell  in  direction  parallel  to  axis  of 
shell,  in. 


X number  of  rivets 


—215— 


To  find  the  number  of  rivets  for  a single  or  double  reinforcing  ring: 

5.1  XT  Xa 

X = 

S X (12 

Par.  85.  Manhole  plates  shall  be  of  wrought  steel  or  shall  be  steel 
castings. 

I*ar.  86.  The  minimum  width  of  bearing  surface,  for  a gasket  on 
a manhole  opening  shall  be  V2  in.  No  gasket  for  use 
on  a manhole  or  handhole  of  any  boiler  shall  have  a thickness  great- 
er than  1/4  in. 

Par.  87.  A manhole  shall  be  located  in  the  front  head,  below  the 
tubes,  of  a horizontal  return  tubular  boiler  48  in.  or 
over  in  diameter.  Smaller  boilers  shall  have  either  a manhole  or  a 
handhole  below  the  tubes.  There  shall  be  a manhole  in  the  upper 
part  of  the  shell  or  head  of  a fire-tube  boiler  over  40  in.  in  diameter, 
except  a vertical  fire-tube  boiler,  or  except  on  internally  fired  boilers 
not  over  48  in.  in  diameter.  The  manhole  may  be  placed  in  the  head 
of  the  dome.  Smaller  boilers  shall  have  either  a manhole  or  a hand- 
hole above  the  tubes. 


WASHOUT  HqUES. 

Par.  88.  A traction,  portable  or  stationary  boiler  of  the  locomo- 
tive type  shall  have  not  less  than  six  handholes,  or 
washout  plugs,  located  as  follows:  one  in  the  rear  head  below  the 
tubes;  one  in  the  front  head  at  or  about  the  line  of  the  crown  sheet; 
four  in  the  lower  part  of  the  waterleg;  also,  where  possible,  one 
near  the  throat  sheet. 

Par.  89.  A vertical  fire-tube  boiler,  .except  the  boiler  of  a steam 
fire-engine,  shall  have  not  less  than  seven  handholes, 
located  as  follows:  three  in  the  shell  at  or  about  the  line  of  the 

crown  sheet;  one  in  the  shell  at  or  about  the  line  of  the  fusible  plug 
when  used;  three  in  the  shell  at  the  lower  part  of  the  waterleg. 
A vertical  fire-tube  boiler,  submerged  tube  type,  shall  have  two  or 
more  handholes  in  the  shell,  in  line  with  the  upper  tube  sheet. 

Par.  90.  A vertical  fire-tube  boiler  of  a steam  fire-engine  shall 
have  at  least  three  brass  washout  plugs  of  not  less  than 
1-in.  iron  pipe  size,  screwed  into  the  shell  and  located  as  follows: 
one  at  about  the  line  of  the  crown  sheet;  two  at  the  lower  part  of  the 
waterleg. 

Par.  91.  Tlu*eaded  openings.  An  opening  in  a boiler  for  a 
threaded  pipe  connection  1 in.  in  diameter  or  over  shall 
have  not  less  than  the  number  of  threads  given  in  Table  10: 

TABLE  10.  MINIMUM  NUMBER  OF  PIPE  THREADS  FOR  CONNECTIONS  TO 

BOILERS 


Size  of  pipe  connec- 
tion, in 

1 and  Hi 

IH  and  2 

23/2  to  4 
inclusive 

4H  to  6 
inclusive 

7 and  8 

9 and  10 

12 

Number  01  threads 
per  in 

IIH 

IIH 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

Minimum  number  of 
threads  required  in 
opening 

4 

5 

7 

8 

10 

12 

13 

Minimum  thickness 

of  material  re- 

quired to  give  above 
number  of  threads, 
in 

0.348 

0.435 

0,875 

1 

1 1 

i 

1.25 

1.5 

1.025 

—216— 


If  the  thickness  of  the  material  in  the  boiler  is  not  sufficient  to  give 
such  number  of  threads,  there  shall  be  a pressed  steel  fiange,  bronze 
composition  fiange,  steel-cast  flange  or  steel  plate,  so  as  to  give  the 
required  number  of  threads,  constructed  and  riveted  to  the  boiler  in 
accordance  with  methods  given  in  Par.  84.  A steam  main  or  safety 
valve  opening  may  be  fitted  with  either  a steel  cast,  wrought-steel  or 
bronze  composition  nozzle.  A feed-pipe  connection  may  be  fitted  with 
a bronze  or  steel  boiler  bushing. 

SAFETY  VALVES. 

Par.  92.  Safety  valve  requirements.  Each  boiler  shall  have  two 
or  more  safety  valves,  except  a boiler  for  which  one 
safety  valve  3-in.  size  or  smaller  is  required  by  this  ordinance 

Par.  93.  The  safety  valve  capacity  for  each  boiler  shall  be  such 
that  the  safety  valve  or  valves  will  discharge  all  the 
steam  that  can  be  generated  by  the  boiler  without  allowing  the  press- 
ure to  rise  more  than  six  per  cent  above  the  maximum  allowable 
working  pressure,  or  more  than  six  per  cent  above  the  highest  press- 
ure to  which  any  valve  is  set. 

Par.  94.  One  or  more  safety  valves  on  every  boiler  shall  be  set  at 
or  below  the  mg-ximum  allowable  working  pressure. 
The  remaining  valves  may  be  set  within  a range  of  three  per  cent 
above  the  maximum  allowable  working  pressure,  but  the  range  of 
setting  of  all  of  the  valves  on  a boiler  shall  not  exceed  ten  per  cent 
of  the  highest  pressure  to  which  any  valve  is  set. 

Par.  95.  Safety  valves  shall  be  of  the  direct  spring  loaded  pop 
type  with  seat  and  bearing  surface  of  the  disc  either 
inclined  at  an  angle  of  about  45  deg.  or  flat  at  an  angle  of  about  90 
deg.  to  the  center  line  of  the  spindle.  The  vertical  lift  of  the  valve 
disc  measured  immediately  after  the  sudden  lift  due  to  the  pop  may 
be  made  any  amount  desired  up  to  a maximum  of  0.15  in.,  irrespect- 
ive of  the  size  of  the  valve.  The  nominal  diameter  measured  at  the 
inner  edge  of  the  valve  seat  shall  be  not  less  than  1 in.  or  more  than 
4Y2  in. 

Par.  96.  Each  safety  valve  shall  have  plainly  stamped  or  cast  on 
the  body: 

a The  name  or  identifying  trade-mark  of  the  manufacturer 
b The  nominal  diameter  with  the  words  “Bevel  Seat”  or  “Flat 
Seat” 

c The  steam  pressure  at  which  it  is  set  to  blow 
d The  lift  of  the  valve  disc  from  its  seat,  measured  immedi- 
ately after  the  sudden  lift  due  to  the  pop 
e The  weight  of  steam  discharged  in  pounds  per  hour  at  the 
pressure  for  which  it  is  set  to  blow. 

Par.  97.  The  minimum  capacity  of  a safety  valve  or  valves  to  be 
placed  on  a boiler  shall  be  determined  on  the  basis  of  6 
lb.  of  steam  per  hour  per  sq.  ft.  of  boiler  heating  surface  for  water 
tube  boilers,  and  5 lb.  for  all  other  types  of  power  boilers,  and  upon 
the  relieving  capacity  marked  on  the  valves  by  the  manufacturer, 
provided  such  marked  relieving  capacity  does  not  exceed  that  given 
in  Table  11.  In  case  the  relieving  capacity  marked  on  the  valve  or 
valves  exceeds  the  maximum  given  in  Table  11,  the  minimum  safety 
valve  capacity  shall  be  determined  on  the  basis  of  the  maximum 
relieving  capacity  given  in  Table  11  for  the  particular  size  of  valve 
and  working  pressure  for  which  it  was  constructed.  The  heating 
surface  shall  be  computed  for  that  side  of  the  boiler  surface  ex- 
posed to  the  products  of  combustion,  exclusive  of  the  superheating 
surface.  In  computing  the  heating  surface  for  this  purpose  only  the 
tubes,  shells,  tube  sheets  and  the  projected  area  of  headers  need  be 
considered. 


■217— 


TABLE  11.  DISCHARGE  CAPACITIES  FOR  DIRECT  SPRING-LOADED  POP  SAFETY 
VALVES,  WITH  45  DEG.  BEVEL  SEATS 


Gage  Pres., 
Lb.  per  Sq.  In 

1 

j Diameter,  1 In. 

Diameter,  IM  In. 

Diameter,  Ito  In. 

j Min. 

Int. 

Max. 

Min. 

Int. 

Max. 

Min. 

Int. 

Max. 

15 

Lift,  in . 

1 0.02 

0.04 

0 05 

0.03 

0 04 

0.05 

0.03 

1 0.05 

0.06 

CH.  . . . 

i 95,500 

191,000 

238,000 

179,200 

. 238,800 

293,500 

214,900 

' 358,300 

429,900 

Lbr.  hr. 

65 

131 

163 

122 

j 163 

203 

145 

245 

293 

25 

Lift,  in. 

0,02 

i 0.04 

0 05 

0.03 

0.04 

0.05 

0.03 

1 0.05 

0.06 

CH.  . . . 

127,700 

255,400 

319,300 

239,500 

1 319,300 

399,100 

287,400 

478,900 

574,700 

Lb.  hr.. 

87 

174 

218 

164 

; 218 

272 

190 

320 

392 

50 

Lift,  in . 

0,02 

0 04 

0 05 

0 03 

i 0.04 

0 05 

0 03 

0 05 

0 06 

CH.  . . . 

208,200 

416,400 

520,400 

390,300 

1 520,400 

650,500 

468,300 

780,600 

936,600 

Lb.  hr.. 

142 

284 

354 

266 

354 

444 

320 

522 

639 

75 

Lift,  in. 

0.02 

0.04 

0 05 

0,03 

0.04 

0.05 

0.03 

0 05 

0 06 

CH  . . . 

288,600 

577,200 

721,400 

541,100 

j 721,400 

901,800 

649,300 

1,082,000 

1,299,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

197 

393 

492 

369 

492 

615 

443 

738 

888 

100 

Lift.  in. 

0.02 

0.04 

0.05 

0 03 

0.04 

0.05 

0.03 

0 05 

0.06 

CH.  . . . 

369,000 

738,000 

922,500 

691,900 

922,500 

1,153,000 

830,300 

1,384,000 

1,661,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

252 

503 

629 

472 

629 

786 

566 

944 

1133 

125 

Lift.  in. 

0.02 

0.04 

0 05 

0.03 

0 04 

0.05 

0.03 

0.05 

0 06 

CH.  . . . 

449,400 

898,900 

1,124,000 

842,700 

1,124,000 

1,404,000 

1,011,000 

1,685,000 

2,022,000 

Lb.  hr. . 

307 

i 613, 

767 

575 

767 

957 

689 

1149 

1379 

150 

Lift.  in. 

0.02 

0.04  • 

0.05 

0.03 

0.04 

0.05 

0.03 

0 05 

0 06 

CH.  . . . 

529,900 

1,060,000 

1,325,000 

993,500 

1,325,000 

1,656,000 

1,192,000 

1,987,000 

2,384,000 

Lb.  hr..| 

362 

723 

904 

677 

904 

1129 

813 

1355 

1625 

175 

Lift,  in. 

0.02 

0.04 

0 05 

0.03 

0.04 

o 

© 

0.03 

0.05 

0.06 

CH.  . . . 

610,300 

1,221,000 

1,526,000 

1,144,000 

1,526,000 

1,907,000 

1,373,000 

2,289,000 

2,746,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

416 

833 

1040 

780 

1040 

1301 

936 

1561 

1872 

200 

225 

Lift,  in. 

0.02 

0.04 

0 05 

0.03 

0 04 

0 05 

0.03 

0.05 

0.06 

CH.  . . . 

690,700 

1,381,000 

1,727,000 

§ 

05 

1,727,000 

2,158,000 

1,554,000 

2,590,000 

3,108,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

471, 

941 

1178 

883 

1178 

1472 

1060 

1766 

2119 

Lift,  in. 

0 02 

0.04 

0.05 

0.03 

0.04 

0.05 

0 03 

0 05 

0.06 

CH.  . 

771,100 

1,542,000 

1.928,000 

1,446,000 

1,928,000‘ 

2,410,000' 

1,735,000 

2,892,000 

3,470,000 

250 

Lb.  hr..| 

526 

1052j 

1315, 

986 

1315 

1643j 

1183 

1972 

2363 

Lift.  in.  j 

0.02 

0.04  1 

0.05 

0.03 

0 04 

0.05 

0.03 

0 05 

0 06 

CH.  . . . 1 

851,600 

1,703,000 

2,129,000 

1,597,000 

2,129,000 

2,661,000 

1,916,000 

3,193,000 

3,832,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

581 

1161 

1451 

1089 

145lj 

- 1814 

1307| 

2177 

2613 

275 

Lift,  in. 

0.02 

0.04 

0 05 

0.03 

0 04  ! 

0.05 

0 03 

0.05 

0.06 

CH 

932,000 

1,864,000 

2,330,000 

1,748,000[ 

2,330  000 

2 913,000 

2 097,000 

3,495,000 

4,194,000 

Lb.  hr..  ' 

635 

1271 

1589 

1192j 

1589! 

1986 

1430 

2383 

2860 

300 

Lift,  in . 

0.02  1 

0.04 

0.05  j 

0.03 

0.04  1 

0.05  I 

0.03 

0.05 

0.06 

CH 

1,024,000 

2,048,000 

2,531,000 

1,898,000 

2,531,000 

3,164,000 

2,278,000 

3,797,000 

4,556,000 

Lb.  hr..| 

698 

13971 

1746 

12941 

17261 

21571 

1553 

2589 

3107 

—218— 


TABLE  11.  DISCHARGE  CAPACITIES  FOR  DIRECT  SPRING-LOADED  POP  SAFETY 
VALVES,  WITH  45  DEG.  BEVEL  SEATS— (Continukd) 


S o* 

Diameter,  2 In. 

Diameter,  2J^  In. 

Diameter,  3 In. 

0) 

0)  o. 

M . 

rt  ^ 
0^:1 

Min. 

Int. 

Max. 

Min. 

Int. 

Max. 

Min. 

1 

1 Int. 

Max. 

Lift,  in . 

0.04 

0.06 

0.07 

0.04 

0.06 

0.08 

0.05 

0.08 

0 10 

15 

CH  . . . 

382,2  00 

573,300 

668,900 

477,700 

716,600 

955,500 

716,600 

1,147,000 

1,433,000 

Lb.  hr. . 

261 

391 

456 

326 

488 

651 

489 

782 

977 

Lift,  in. 

0.04 

0 06 

0.07 

0.04 

0.06 

0.08 

0.05 

0.08 

0 10 

25 

CH.  . . . 

510,900 

766,300 

894,000 

638,500 

957,900 

1,277,000 

957,900 

1,533,000 

1,916,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

349 

523 

610 

435 

653 

871 

653 

1046 

1307 

Lift,  in. 

0.04 

0.06 

0.07 

0.04 

0.06 

0.08 

0.05 

0.08 

0.10 

50 

CH.  . . . 

832,600 

1,249,000 

1,457,000 

1,041,000 

1,561,000 

2,081,000 

1,561,000 

I 2,498,000 

3,122,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

568 

851 

994 

710 

1064 

1419 

1064 

1703 

2129 

Lift,  in. 

0.04 

0.06 

0.07 

0.04 

0.06 

0 08 

0 05 

0.08 

0 10 

75 

CH.  . . . 

1,154,000 

1,731,000 

2,020,000 

1,443,000 

2,164,000 

2,886,000 

2,164,000 

3,463,000 

4,329,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

787 

1181 

1377 

984 

1475 

1968 

1475 

2361 

2951 

Lift,  in. 

0 04 

0 06 

0.07 

0.04 

0.06 

0 08 

0.05 

0.08 

0.10 

100 

CH.  . . . 

1,476,000 

2,214,000 

2,583,000 

1,845,000 

2,768,000 

3,690,000 

2,768,000 

4,428,000 

5,535,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

1007 

1510 

1761 

1258 

1887 

2516 

1887 

3019 

3774 

Lift,  in. 

0.04 

0.06 

0.07 

0.04 

0.06 

0 08 

0 05 

0.08 

0.10 

125 

CH.  . . . 

1,795,000 

2,693,000 

3,146,000 

2,247,000 

3,371,000 

4,494,000 

3,371,000 

5,393,000 

6,741,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

1224 

1836 

2145 

1532 

2299 

3064 

2299 

3677 

4596 

Lift,  in . 

0.04 

0 06 

0 07 

0 04 

0 06 

0.08 

0.05 

0.08 

0 10 

150 

CH.  . 

2,109,000 

3,179,000 

3,709,000 

2,649,000 

3,974,000 

5,299,000 

3,974,000 

6,358,000 

7,948,000 

Lb.  hr. . 

1438 

2158 

2529 

1806 

2710 

3613 

2710 

4335 

5419 

Lift,  in. 

0 04 

0.06 

0.07 

0.04 

0 06 

0 08 

0 05 

0.08 

0 10 

175 

CH  . 

2,441,000 

3,662,000 

4,272,000 

3,051,000 

4,577,000 

6,103,000 

4,577,000 

7,323,000 

9,1.54,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

1664 

2497 

2913 

2081 

3121 

4161 

3121 

4993 

6242 

Lift,  in . 

0 04 

0.06 

0.07 

0.04 

0 06 

0.08 

0 05 

0 08 

6.10 

200 

CH  . . . 

2,763,000 

4,144,000 

4,835,000 

3,454,000 

5,180,000 

6,907,000 

.5,180,000 

8,289,000 

10,361,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

1884 

2826 

3296 

2354 

3532 

4709 

3532 

5651 

7064 

Lift,  in. 

0 04 

0.06 

0.07 

0 04 

0 06 

0.08 

0.05 

0.08 

0 10 

225 

CH 

3,085,000 

4,626,000 

5,398,000 

3,856,000 

5,784,000 

7,711,000 

5,784,000 

9,2.54,000 

11,567,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

2104 

31.54 

3680 

2629 

3944 

5258 

3944 

6310 

7890 

Lift,  in. 

0 04 

0 06 

0 07 

0.04 

0.06 

0 08 

0 . 05 

0.08 

0 10 

250 

CH  . . . . 

3,406,000 

5,109,000 

5,961,000 

4,258,000 

6,387,000 

8,516,000 

6,387,000 

10,219,000 

12,774,000 

Lb.  hr. . 

2322 

3484 

4064 

2903 

43.55 

5807 

4355 

6968 

8708 

Lift,  in . 

0 04 

0 06 

0.07 

0 04 

0 06 

0.08 

0 05 

0 08 

0 10 

275 

CH  . . . 

3,728,000 

5,592,000 

6,.524,000 

4,660,000 

6,990,000 

9,320,000 

6,990,000 

11,180,000 

13,980,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

2.542 

3813 

4448 

3177 

4766 

635.5 

4766 

7620 

9533 

Lift,  in . 

0.04 

0 06 

0 07 

0 04 

0.06 

0 08 

0 05 

0 08 

0 10 

300 

CH.  . . . 

4,050,000 

6,075,000 

7,087,000 

5,062,000 

7,593,000 

10,124,000 

7,593,000 

12,149,000 

15,186,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

2762 

4143 

4832  3452 

5177 

6903 

5177 

8280 

10,358 

—219— 


TABLE  11.  DISCHARGE  CAPACITIES  FOR  DIRECT  SPRING-LOADED  POP  SAFETY 
VALVES,  WITH  45  DEG.  BEVEL  SEATS— (Concluded) 


- c 

Diameter,  3 

In. 

Diameter,  4 

In. 

Diameter,  4J^  In. 

CLC/il 

CD  ^ 

Min. 

Int. 

Ma.x. 

Min. 

Int. 

Max. 

Min. 

Int. 

Max. 

Lift,  in. 

0.06 

0 09 

0 11 

0.07 

0.10 

0.12 

0 08 

0.11 

0.13 

15 

CH.  . . . 

1,003,000 

1,505,000 

1,839,000 

1,338,000 

1,911,000 

2,293,000 

1,720,000 

2,365,000 

2,795,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

684 

1026 

1254 

912 

1303 

1564 

1173 

1613|  1906 

Lift,  in. 

0 06 

0.09 

0.11 

0.07 

0 10 

0.12 

0.08 

0 11 

0.13 

25 

CH... 

1.341,000 

2,012,000 

2,459,000 

1,788,000 

2,554,000 

3,065,000 

2,299,000 

3,161,000 

3,736,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

914 

1372 

1676 

1219 

1742 

2090 

1568 

2156  2547 

Lift,  in. 

’ 0.06 

0.09 

0.11 

0.07 

0.10 

0.12 

0.08 

0.11 

0.13 

50 

CH.  . . . 

2,186,000 

3,278,000 

4,007.000 

2,914,000 

4,163,000 

4,996,000 

3,747,000 

5,152,000 

6,088,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

1490 

2235 

2732 

1987 

2839 

3406 

2555 

3513 

4151 

Lift,  in. 

0.06 

0.09 

0 11 

0.07 

0 10 

0.12 

0.08 

0 11 

0.13 

75 

CH.  . . . 

3,030,000 

4,545,000 

5,555,000 

4,040,000 

5,772,000 

6,926,000 

5,194,000 

7,142,000 

8,441,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

2066 

3099 

3788 

2754 

3935 

4722 

3542 

4870 

5756 

Lift,  in. 

0.06 

0.09 

0.11 

0 07 

0 10 

0.12 

0.08 

0 11 

0.13 

100 

CH.  . . . 

3,875,000 

5,812,000 

7,103,000 

5,166,000 

7,380,000 

8,856,000 

6,642,000 

9,133,000 

10,793,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

2642 

3963 

4843 

3522 

5032 

6038 

4529 

6227 

7358 

Lift,  in . 

0.06 

0.09 

0 11 

0.07 

0 10 

0 12 

0.08 

0.11 

0.13 

125 

CH 

4,719,000 

7,079,000 

8,652,000 

6,292,000 

8,988,000 

10,786,000 

8,089,000 

11,123,000 

13,146,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

3218 

4826 

5899 

4290 

6128 

7354 

5516 

7583 

8963 

Lift,  in. 

0 06 

0.09 

0.11 

0.07 

0.10 

0.12 

0.08 

0.11 

0.13 

150 

CH 

5,564,000 

8,345,000 

10,199,000 

7,418,000 

10,597,000 

12,717,000 

9,537,000 

13,114,000 

15,498,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

3794 

5690 

6954 

5058 

7226 

8670 

6503 

8940 

10566 

Lift,  in. 

0.06 

0.09 

0 11 

0.07 

0 10 

0 12 

0 08 

0 11 

0.13 

175 

CH... 

6,408,000 

9 612,000 

11,748,000 

8,544,000 

12,206,000 

14,647.000 

10,985,000 

15,105,000 

17,851,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

4369 

6553 

8010 

5824 

8320 

9984 

7490 

10298 

12173 

Lift,  in. 

0.06 

0.09 

0 11 

0.07 

0 10 

0 12 

0 08 

0 11 

0.13 

200 

CH.  . . . 

7,253,000 

10,879,000 

13,296,000 

9,670,000 

13,814,000 

16,580.000 

12,433,000 

17,095,000 

20,204,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

4946 

7418 

9068 

6593 

9420 

11305 

8475 

11655 

13773 

Lift,  in . 

0.06 

0.09 

0.11 

0 07 

0 10 

0.12 

0.08 

0 11 

0.13 

225 

CH.  . . . 

8,097,000 

12,146,000 

14,845,000 

10,796,000 

15,423,000 

18,507,000 

13,881,000 

19,086,000 

22,556,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

5521 

8280 

10120 

7361 

10514 

12616 

9465 

13013 

15383 

Lift,  in. 

0.06 

0.09 

0 11 

0.07 

0.10 

0.12 

0 08 

0 11 

0.13 

250 

CH.  . . . 

8,942,000 

13,412,000 

16,393,000 

1 11,922,000 

17,031,000  20,438,000 

15,328,000 

21,076,000 

24,908,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

6097 

9143 

11175 

8130 

11614 

13938 

10448 

14366 

16980 

Lift,  in. 

0 06 

0 09 

0 11 

0.07 

0.10 

0.12 

0.08 

0 11 

0.13 

275 

CH.  . . . 

9,786,000 

14,679,000 

17,941,000 

113,048,000 

1 

18,640,000 

22,368,000 

16,776,000 

23,067,000 

27,261,000 

Lb.  hr. . 

6672 

10005 

12233 

8895 

12707 

15248 

11438 

15728 

18585 

Lift,  in. 

0 06 

0 09 

Oil 

0 07 

0 10 

0 12 

; 0 08 

0 11 

0 13 

300 

CH.  . . . 

10,630,000 

15,946,000 

19,489,000 

14,174,000 

20,249,000 

24,298,000 

18,224,000 

25,058,000 

29,614,000 

Lb.  hr.. 

1 7248 

10875 

! 13290 

9668 

13807 

16.568 

1 12428 

17088 

20195 

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(For  flat  seat  valves  multiply  preceding  tables  by  1.4.) 

Par.  98.  Safety  valve  capacity  may  be  checked  in  any  one  of 
three  different  ways,  and  if  found  sufficient,  additional 
capacity  need  not  be  provided: 

a By  making  an  accumulation  test,  by  shutting  off  all  other 
steam  discharge  outlets  from  the  boiler  and  forcing  the 
fires  to  the  maximum.  The  safety  valve  equipment  shall 
be  sufficient  to  prevent  an  excess  pressure  beyond  six  per 
cent  as  specified  in  Par.  93. 

b By  measuring  the  maximum  amount  of  fuel  that  can  be 
burned  and  computing  the  corresponding  operative  ca- 
pacity upon  the  basis  of  the  heating  value  of  the  fuel. 
See  Pars.  99  to  105. 

c By  determining  the  maximum  evaporative  capacity  by 
measuring  the  feed  water.  The  sum  of  the  safety  valve 
capacities  marked  on  the  valves  shall  be  equal  to  or 
greater  than  the  maximum  evaporative  capacity  of  the 
boiler. 

SAFETY  VALVES. 

Sec.  99.  Method  of  computing  Table  11.  The  discharge  capacity 
of  a safety  valve  is  expressed  in  equations  2 and  3 as 
the  product  of  C and  H.  The  discharge  capacities  are  given  in  Table 
11  for  each  valve  size  at  the  pressures  shown  and  are  calculated  for 
various  valve  sizes,  pressures  and  for  three  different  lifts.  The  dis- 
charge capacities  are  proportional  to  the  lifts,  so  that  intermediate 
values  may  be  obtained  from  the  Table  by  interpolation. 

C = total  weight  or  volume  of  fuel  of  any  kind  burned  per 
hour  at  time  of  maximum  forcing,  lb.  or  cu.  ft. 

H = the  heat  of  combustion,  B.t.u.  per  lb.  or  cu.  ft.  of  fuel 
used. 

D = diameter  of  valve  seat,  in. 

L = vertical  lift  of  valve  disc,  in.,  measured  immediately 
after  the  sudden  lift  due  to  the  pop. 

P = absolute  boiler  pressure  or  gage  pressure  plus  14.7  lb. 
per  sq.  in. 

1100  = the  number  of  B.t.u.  required  to  change  a pound  of  feed 
water  at  100  deg.  fahr.  into  a pound  of  steam. 

The  boiler  efficiency  is  assumed  as  75  per  cent. 

The  coefficient  of  discharge,  in  Napier’s  formula,  is  taken  as  96 
per  cent. 

CXHX  0.75  3.1416 1/^0.707 valve  with 

1100  X 3600  70  45-deg.  seat.(l) 

CH  = 160,856 for  valve  with  bevel  seat  at  45  deg.  (2) 
CH  = 227,487 xPxDXl'  for  valve  with  flat  seat  at  90  deg.  (3) 

METHOD  OF  CHECKING  THE  SAFETY  VALVE  CAPACITY  BY 
MEASURING  THE  MAXIMUM  AMOUNT  OF  FUEL  THAT 
CAN  BE  BURNED. 

Sec.  100.  The  maximum  weight  of  fuel  that  can  be  burned  is  de- 
termined by  a test.  The  weight  of  steam  generated 
per  hour  is  found  from  the  formula: 

OXHX  0.75 

W = where 

1100 

W =:  weight  of  steam  generated  per  hour,  lb. 

C = total  weight  of  fuel  burned  per  hour  at  time  of  maxi- 
mum forcing.  It). 

H = the  heat  of  combustion  of  the  fuel,  B.t.u.  per  lb.  (see 
Par.  105). 


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The  sum  of  the  safety  valve  capacities  marked  on  the  valves  as 
provided  for  in  the  Rules  shall  be  equal  to  or  greater  than  the  maxi- 
mum evaporative  capacity  of  the  boiler. 

Table  11  may  be  used  for  determining  the  number  of  safety  valves 
required,  as  illustrated  in  the  following  examples: 

Par.  101.  Example  1 : A boiler  at  the  time  of  maximum  forcing 
uses  2150  lb.  of  Illinois  coal  per  hour  of  12,100  B.t.u. 
per  lb.  Boiler  pressure,  225  lb.  per  sq.  in.  gage. 

2150  X 12,100  = CH  = 26,015,000 

Table  11  shows  that  two  314-in.  bevel  seated  valves  with  0.11  in. 
lift,  or  one  3-in.  bevel  seated  valve  with  0.10  in.  lift  and  one  314-in. 
bevel  seated  value  with  0.11  in.  lift,  would  discharge  the  steam  gen- 
erated. 

Par.  102.  Example  2:  Wood  shavings  of  heat  of  combustion  of 
6400  B.t.u.  per  lb.  are  burned  under  a boiler  at  the 
maximum  rate  of  2000  lb.  per  hour.  Boiler  pressure,  100  lb.  per  sq. 
in.  gage. 

2000  X 6400  = CH  = 12,800,000 

Table  11  shows  that  two  314-in.  bevel  seated  valves  with  0.11  in. 
lift,  or  one  3-in.  bevel  seated  valve  with  0.08  in.  lift  and  one  4-in. 
bevel  seated  valve  with  0.12  in.  lift,  would  discharge  the  steam 
generated. 

Par.  103.  Example  3:  An  oil-fired  boiler  at  maximum  forcing 

uses  1000  lb.  of  crude  oil  (Texas)  per  hour.  Boiler 
pressure,  275  lb.  per  sq.  in.  gage. 

1000  X 18,500  = CH  = 18,500,000 

Table  11  shows  that  two  314-in.  bevel  seated  valves  with  0.06  in. 
lift,  or  two  3-in.  flat  seated  valves  with  0.05  in.  lift,  or  two  214-in. 
flat  seated  valves  with  0.06  in.  lift,  would  discharge  the  steam  gen- 
erated. 

Par.  101.  Example  4:  A boiler  fired  with  natural  gas  consumes 

3000  cu.  ft.  per  hour.  The  working  pressure  is  150  lb. 
per  sq.  in  gage. 

3000  X 960  = CH  = 2,880,000 

Table  11  shows  that  two  114-in.  bevel  seated  valves  with  0.05  in. 
lift,  or  two  1-in.  flat  seated  valves  with  0.04  in.  lift,  would  discharge 
the  steam  generated. 

Par.  105.  For  the  purpose  of  checking  the  safety  valve  capacity 
as  described  in  Par.  100,  the  following  values  of  heats 
of  combustion  of  various  fuels  in  B.t.u.  per  lb.  or  per  cu.  ft.  may  be 
used: 

B.t.u.  per  lb. 


Semi-bituminous  coal  14,500 

Anthracite  13,700 

Screenings  12,500 

Coke  13,500 

Wood,  hard  or  soft,  kiln-dried 7,700 

Wood,  hard  or  soft,  air-dried 6,200 

Wood  shavings  6,400 

Peat,  air-dried,  2 5 per  cent  moisture 7,500 

Lignite  10,000 

Kerosene  20,000 

Petroleum,  crude  oil,  Penn 20,700 

Petroleum,  crude  oil,  Texas 18,500 


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B.t.u.  per  cu.  ft. 


Natural  gas 9 GO 

Blast  furnace  gas 100 

Producer  gas : 150 

Water  gas,  uncarburetted 290 


Par.  106.  When  two  or  more  safety  valves  are  used  on  a boiler, 
they  may  be  either  separate  or  twin  valves  made  by 
mounting  individual  valves  on  Y-bases,  or  duplex,  triplex  or  multi- 
plex valves  having  two  or  more  valves  in  the  same  body  casing. 

Par.  107.  The  safety  valve  or  valves  shall  be  connected  to  the 
boiler  independent  of  any  other  steam  connection,  and 
attached  as  close  as  possible  to  the  boiler,  without  any  unnecessary 
intervening  pipe  or  fitting.  Every  safety  valve  shall  be  connected  so 
as  to  stand  in  an  upright  position,  with  spindle  vertical,  when  pos- 
sible. 

Par.  108.  Each  safety  valve  shall  have  full  sized  direct  connection 
to  the  boiler.  No  valve  of  any  description  shall  be 
placed  between  the  safety  valve  and  the  boiler,  nor  on  the  discharge 
pipe  between  the  safety  valve  and  the  atmosphere.  When  a discharge 
pipe  is  used,  it  shall  be  not  less  than  the  full  size  of  the  valve,  and 
shall  be  fitted  with  an  open  drain  to  prevent  water  from  lodging  in 
the  upper  part  of  the  safety  valve  or  in  the  pipe. 

Par.  109.  If  a muffler  is  used  on  a safety  valve  it  shall  have  suf- 
ficient outlet  area  to  prevent  back  pressure  from  inter- 
fering with  the  proper  operation  and  discharge  capacity  of  the  valve. 
The  muffler  plates  or  other  devices  shall  be  so  constructed  as  to 
avoid  any  possibility  of  restriction  of  the  steam  passages  due  to 
deposit.  When  an  elbow  is  placed  on  a safety  valve  discharge  pipe, 
it  shall  be  located  close  to  the  safety  valve  outlet  or  the  pipe  shall 
be  securely  anchored  and  supported.  All  safety  valve  discharges 
shall  be  so  located  or  piped  as  to  be  carried  clear  from  running 
boards  or  working  platforms  used  in  controlling  the  main  stop  valves 
of  boilers  or  steam  headers. 

Par.  110.  When  a boiler  is  fitted  with  two  or  more  safety  valves 
on  one  connection,  this  connection  to  the  boiler  shall 
have  a cross-sectional  area  not  less  than  the  combined  area  of  all  of 
the  safety  valves  with  which  it  connects. 

Par.  111.  Safety  valves  shall  operate  without  chattering  and  shall 
be  set  and  adjusted  as  follows:  To  close  after  blowing 
down  not  more  than  4 lb.  on  boilers  carrying  an  allowed  pressure 
less  than  100  lb.  per  sq.  in.  gage.  To  close  aftei'  blowing  down  not 
more  than  6 lb.  on  boilers  carrying  pressures  between  100  and  200 
lb.  per  sq.  in.  gage  inclusive.  To  close  after  blowing  down  not  more 
than  8 lb.  on  boilers  carrying  over  200  lb.  per  sq.  in  gage. 

Par.  112.  Each  safety  valve  used  on  a boiler  shall  have  a sub- 
stantial lifting  device,  and  shall  have  the  spindle  so 
attached  that  the  valve  disc  can  be  lifted  from  its  seat  a distance  not 
less  than  one-tenth  of  the  nominal  diameter  of  the  valve,  when  there 
is  no  pressure  on  the  boiler. 

Par.  113.  The  seats  and  discs  of  safety  valves  shall  be  of  non- 
ferrous  material. 


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Par.  114.  Springs  used  in  safety  valves  shall  not  show  a perma- 
nent set  exceeding  1/3  2 in.  ten  minutes  after  being 
released  from  a cold  compression  test  closing  the  spring  solid. 

Par.  115.  The  spring  in  a safety  valve  shall  not  be  used  for  any 
pressure  more  than  10  per  cent  above  or  below  that 
for  which  it  was  designed. 

Par,  116.  A safety  valve  over  3-in.  size,  used  for  pressures  great- 
er than  15  Ib.  per  sq.  in,  gage,  shall  have  a flanged 
inlet  connection.  The  dimensions  of  the  flanges  shall  conform  to  the 
American  standard  given  in  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engi- 
neers’ Boiler  Code,  1915. 

Par.  117.  Every  superheater  shall  have  one  or  more  safety  valves 
near  the  outlet.  The  discharge  capacity  of  the  safety 
valve  or  valves  on  an  attached  superheater  may  be  included  in  deter- 
mining the  number  and  sizes  of  the  safety  valves  for  the  boiler,  pro- 
vided there  are  no  intervening  valves  between  the  superheater  safety 
valve  and  the  boiler. 

Par.  118.  Every  safety  valve  used  on  a superehater,  discharging 
superheated  steam,  shall  have  a steel  body  with  a 
flanged  inlet  connection,  and  shall  have  the  seat  and  disc  of  nickel 
composition  or  equivalent  material,  and  the  spring  fully  exposed  out- 
side of  the  valve  casing  so  that  it  shall  be  protected  from  contact 
with  the  escaping  steam. 

Par.  119.  Every  boiler  shall  have  proper  outlet  connections  for 
the  required  safety  valve  or  valves,  independent  of  any 
other  steam  outlet  connection  or  of  any  internal  pipe  in  the  steam 
space  of  the  boiler,  the  area  of  opening  to  be  at  least  equal  to  the 
aggregate  area  of  all  of  the  safety  valves  to  be  attached  thereto. 

FUSIBLE  PLUGS. 

Par.  120.  All  boilers  shall  have  inserted  in  them  fusible  plugs 
fllled  with  tin  with  a melting  point  between  400  and 

500  deg.  fahr. 

Par.  121.  The  least  diameter  of  fusible  metal  shall  be  not  less 
than  V2  in.,  except  for  maximum  allowable  working 
pressures  of  over  175  lb.  per  sq.  in.,  or  when  it  is  necessary  to  place 
a fusible  plug  in  a tube,  in  which  case  the  least  diameter  of  fusible 
metal  shall  be  not  less  than  % in. 

Par.  122.  Each  boiler  may  have  one  or  more  fusible  plugs,  locat- 
ed as  follows: 

a In  Horizontal  Return  Tubular  Boilers — in  the  rear  head, 
not  less  than  2 in.  above  the  upper  row  of  tubes,  the 
measurement  to  be  taken  from  the  line  of  the  upper 
surface  of  tubes  to  the  center  of  the  plug,  and  projecting 
through  the  sheet  not  less  than  1 in. 

b In  Horizontal  Flue  Boilers — in  the  rear  head,  on  a line  with 
the  highest  part  of  the  boiler  exposed  to  the  produfcts  of 
combustion,  and  projecting  through  the  sheet  not  less 
than  1 in. 

c In  Traction,  Portable  or  Stationary  Boilers  of  the  Loco- 
motive Type  or  Star  Water  Tube  Boilers — in  the  highest 
part  of  the  crown  sheet,  and  projecting  through  the  sheet 
not  less  than  1 in. 

d In  Vertical  Fire-tube  Boilers — in  an  outside  tube,  not  less 
than  one-third  the  length  of  the  tube  above  the  lower 
tube  sheet. 


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e In  Vertical  Fire-tube  Boilers,  Corliss  Type — in  a tube,  not 
less  than  one-third  the  length  of  the  tube  above  the  lower 
tube  sheet. 

f In  Vertical  Submerged  Tube  Boilers — in  the  upper  tube 
sheet,  and  projecting  through  the  sheet  not  less  than  1 in. 

g In  Water-tube  Boilers,  Horizontal  Drums,  Babcock  & Wilcox 
Type — in  the  upper  drum,  not  less  than  6 in.  above  the 
bottom  of  the  drum,  over  the  first  pass  of  the  products 
of  combustion,  and  projecting  through  the  sheet  not  less 
than  1 in. 

li  In  Stirling  Boilers,  Standard  Type — in  the  front  side  of 
the  middle  drum,  not  less  than  4 in.  above  the  bottom  of 
the  drum,  and  projecting  through  the  sheet  not  less  than 
1 in. 

i In  Stirling  Boilers,  Superheater  Type — in  the  front  drum, 
not  less  than  6 in.  above  the  bottom  of  the  drum,  exposed 
to  the  products  of  combustion,  and  projecting  through 
the  sheet  not  less  than  1 in. 

j In  Water-tube  Boilers,  Heine  Type — in  the  front  course  of 
the  drum,  not  less  than  6 in.  above  the  bottom  of  the 
drum, and  projecting  through  the  sheet  not  less  than  1 in. 

k In  Robb-Mumford  Boilers,  Standard  Type — -in  the  bottom 
of  the  steam  and  water  drum,  24  in.  from  the  center  of 
the  rear  neck,  and  projecting  through  the  sheet  not  less 
than  1 in. 

1 In  Water-tube  Boilers,  Almy  Type — in  a tube  or  fitting  ex- 
posed to  the  products  of  combustion. 

m In  Vertical  Boilers,  Climax  or  Hazelton  Type — in  a tube  or 
center  drum  not  less  than  one-half  the  height  of  the 
shell,  measuring  from  the  lowest  circumferential  seam. 

n In  Cahall  Vertical  Water-tube  Boilers — in  the  inner  sheet 
of  the  top  drum,  not  less  than  6 in.  above  the  upper  tube 
sheet,  and  projecting  through  the  sheet  not  less  than  1 in. 

o In  Wickes  Vertical  Water-tube  Boilers — in  the  shell  of  the 
top  drum  and  not  less  than  6 in.  above  the  upper  tube 
sheet,  and  projecting  through  the  sheet  not  less  than  1 
in. ; so  located  as  to  be  at  the  front  of  the  boiler  and 
exposed  to  the  first  pass  of  the  products  of  combustion. 

p In  Scotch  Marine  Type  Boilers — in  the  combustion  chamber 
top,  and  projecting  through  the  sheet  not  less  than  1 in. 

q In  Dry  Back  Scotch  Type  Boilers — in  the  rear  head,  not  less 
than  2 in.  above  the  upper  row  of  tubes,  and  projecting 
through  the  sheet  not  less  than  1 in. 

r In  Economic  Type  Boilers — in  the  rear  head,  above  the 
upper  row  of  tubes. 

s In  Cast-Iron  Sectional  Heating  Boilers — in  a section  over 
and  in  direct  contact  with  the  products  of  combustion  in 
the  primary  combustion  chamber. 

t In  Water-tube  Boilers,  Worthington  Type — in  the  front  side 
of  the  steam  and  water  drum,  not  less  than  4 in.  above 
the  bottom  of  the  drum,  and  projecting  through  the 
sheet  not  less  than  1 in. 

u For  other  types  and  new  designs,  fusible  plugs  shall  be 
placed  at  the  lowest  permissible  water  level,  in  the  direct 
path  of  the  products  of  combustion,  as  near  the  primary 
combustion  chamber  as  possible. 

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WATER  AND  STEAM  GAGES. 


Far.  123.  Water  glasses  and  gage  cocks.  Each  boiler  shall  have 
at  least  one  water  glass,  the  lowest  visible  part  of 
which  shall  be  not  less  than  2 in.  above  the  lowest  permissible  water 
level. 

Par.  124.  No  water  glass  connection  shall  be  fitted  with  an  auto- 
matic shut-off  valve,  except  where  the  automatic  shut- 
off valves  are  so  constructed  that  the  two  connections  to  the  water 
glass  can  be  blown  through  separately  and  the  steam  connection 
cannot  be  entirely  closed  thereby. 

Par.  125.  When  shut-offs  are  used  on  the  connections  to  a water 
column,  they  shall  be  either  outside  screw  and  yoke 
type  gate  valves  or  stop  cocks  with  levers  permanently  fastened 
thereto,  and  such  valves  or  cocks  shall  be  locked  or  sealed  open. 

Par.  126  Each  boiler  shall  have  three  or  more  gage  cocks,  located 
within  the  range  of  the  visible  length  of  the  water 
glass,  except  when  such  boiler  has  two  water  glasses  with  independ- 
ent connections  to  the  boiler  and  located  on  the  same  horizontal 
line  and  not  less  than  2 ft.  apart. 

Par.  127.  No  outlet  connections,  except  for  damper  regulator, 
feed-water  regulator,  drains  or  steam  gages,  shall  be 
placed  on  the  pipes  connecting  a water  column  to  a boiler. 

Sec.  128.  Steam  gages.  Each  boiler  shall  have  a steam  gage  con- 
nected to  the  steam  space  or  to  the  water  column  or  its 
steam  connection.  The  steam  gage  shall  be  connected  to  a syphon 
or  equivalent  device  of  sufficient  capacity  to  keep  the  gage  tube  filled 
with  water  and  so  arranged  that  the  gage  cannot  be  shut  off  from  the 
boiler  except  by  a cock  placed  near  the  gage  and  provided  with  a tee 
or  lever  handle  arranged  to  be  parallel  to  the  pipe  in  which  it  is 
located  when  the  cock  is  open.  Connections  to  gages  shall  be  of 
brass,  copper  or  bronze  composition. 

Par.  129.  The  dial  of  the  steam  gage  shall  be  graduated  to  not 
less  than  1Y2  times  the  maximum  allowable  working 
pressure  on  the  boiler. 

Par.  130.  Each  boiler  shall  be  provided  with  a i/4-in.  pipe  size 
valved  connection  for  attaching  a test  gage  when  the 
boiler  is  in  service,  so  that  the  accuracy  of  the  boiler  steam  gage  can 
be  ascertained. 

FITTINGS  AND  APPLIANCES. 

Par.  131.  Nozzles  and  fittings.  All  fittings  shall  conform  to  the 
American  standards  given  in  American  Society  of 
Mechanical  Engineers’  Boiler  Code,  1915. 

Par.  132.  The  minimum  number  of  threads  that  a pipe  or  fitting 
shall  screw  into  a tapped  hole  shall  correspond  to  the 
numerical  values  given  for  number  of  threads  in  Table  10. 

Par.  133.  Stop  valves.  Each  steam  discharge  outlet  over  2 in. 

in  diameter,  except  safety  valve  and  superheater  con- 
nections, shall  be  fitted  with  a stop  valve  or  valves  of  the  outside 
screw  and  yoke  type,  located  as  near  the  boiler  as  practicable. 

Par.  134.  The  main  stop  valves  of  boilers  shall  be  extra  heavy 
when  the  maximum  allowable  working  pressure  ex- 
ceeds 125  lb.  per  sq.  in.  The  fittings  between  the  boiler  and  such 
valve  or  valves  shall  be  extra  heavy,  as  given  in  American  Society 
of  Mechanical  Engineers’  Boiler  Code,  1915. 

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Par.  135.  When  two  or  more  boilers  are  connected  to  a common 
steam  main,  two  stop  valves,  with  an  ample  free  blow 
drain  between  them,  shall  be  placed  in  the  steam  connection  between 
each  boiler  and  the  steam  main.  The  discharge  of  this  drain  valve 
must  be  visible  to  the  operator  while  manipulating  the  valve.  The 
stop  valves  shall  consist  preferably  of  one  automatic  non-return 
valve  (set  next  the  boiler)  and  a second  valve  of  the  outside  screw 
and  yoke  type;  or  two  valves  of  the  outside  screw  and  yoke  type 
may  be  used. 

Par.  136.  When  a stop  valve  is  so  located  that  water  can  accumu- 
late, ample  drains  shall  be  provided. 

Par.  137.  Steam  mains.  Provisions  shall  be  made  for  the  expan- 
sion and  contraction  of  steam  mains  connected  to 
boilers,  by  providing  substantial  anchorage  at  suitable  points,  so  that 
there  shall  be  no  undue  strain  transmitted  to  the  boiler.  Steam  res- 
ervoirs shall  be  used  on  steam  mains  when  heavy  pulsations  of  the 
steam  currents  cause  vibration  of  the  boiler  shell  plates. 

Par.  138.  Each  superheater  shall  be  fitted  with  a drain. 

Par.  139.  Blow-off  piping.  The  size  of  a surface  blow-off  pipe 
shall  not  exceed  IV2  in.,  and  it  shall  be  carried  through 
the  shell  or  head  with  a brass  or  steel  boiler  bushing. 

Par.  140.  Each  boiler  shall  have  a bottom  blow-off  pipe,  fitted 
with  a valve  or  cock,  in  direct  connection  with  the 
lowest  water  space  practicable;  the  minimum  size  of  pipe  and  fit- 
tings shall  be  1 in.  and  the  maximum  size  shall  be  2V2  in.  Globe 
valves  shall  not  be  used  on  such  connections. 

Par.  141.  A bottom  blow-off  cock  shall  have  the  plug  held  in 
place  by  a guard  or  gland.  The  end  of  the  plug  shall 
be  distinctly  marked  in  line  with  the  passage. 

Par.  142.  The  blow-off  pipe  or  pipes  shall  be  extra  heavy  from 
boiler  to  valve  or  valves,  and  shall  run  full  size  with- 
out reducers  or  bushings.  All  fittings  between  the  boiler  and  valves 
shall  be  of  steel. 

Par.  143.  When  the  maximum  allowable  working  pressure  ex- 
ceeds 125  lb.  per  sq.  in.,  the  bottom  blow-off  pipe 
shall  have  two  valves,  or  a valve  and  a cock,  and  such  valves,  or 
valve  and  cock,  shall  be  etxra  heavy,  except  that  on  a boiler  having 
rnultiple  blow-off  pipes,  a single  master  valve  may  be  placed  on  the 
common  blow-off  pipe  from  the  boiler,  in  which  case  only  one  valve 
on  each  individual  blow-off  is  required. 

Par.  144.  A bottom  blow-off  pipe  when  exposed  to  direct  fur- 
nace heat  shall  be  protected  by  fire-brick,  a substantial 
cast-iron  removable  sleeve  or  a covering  of  non-conducting  material. 

Par.  14.5.  An  opening  in  the  boiler  setting  for  a blow-off  pipe 
shall  be  arranged  to  provide  for  free  expansion  and 

contraction. 

Par.  146.  Feed  piping.  The  feed  pipe  of  a boiler  shall  have  an 
open  end  or  ends.  Wherever  globe  valves  are  used  on 
feed  piping,  the  inlet  shall  be  under  the  disc  of  the  valve. 

Par.  147.  The  feedwater  shall  discharge  at  about  three-fifths  the 
length  of  a horizontal  return  tubular  boiler  from  the 
front  head  (except  a horizontal  return  tubular  boiler  equipped  with 
an  auxiliary  feedwater  heating  and  circulating  device),  above  the 
central  rows  of  tubes,  when  the  diameter  of  the  boiler  exceeds  36  in. 
The  feed  pipe  shall  be  carried  through  the  head  or  shell  near  the 
front  end  with  a brass  or  steel  boiler  bushing,  and  securely  fastened 
inside  the  shell  above  the  tubes. 


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Par.  148.  Feedwater  shall  not  discharge  in  a boiler  close  to  riv- 
eted joints  in  the  shell  or  to  furnace  sheets. 

Par.  149.  The  feed  pipe  shall  be  provided  with  a check  valve 
near  the  boiler  and  a valve  or  cock  between  the  check 
valve  and  the  boiler,  and  when  two  or  more  boilers  are  fed  from  a 
common  source,  there  shall  also  be  a globe  valve  on  the  branch  to 
each  boiler,  between  the  check  valve  and  the  source  of  supply. 

Par.  150.  When  a pump,  inspirator  or  injector  is  required  to 
supply  feedwater  to  a boiler  plant  of  over  50  h.  p., 
more  than  one  such  appliance  shall  be  provided. 

Par.  151.  Lamphi’ey  fronts.  Each  boiler  fitted  with  a Lamphrey 
boiler  furnace  mouth  protector,  or  similar  appliance, 
having  valves  on  the  pipes  connecting  them  to  the  boiler,  shall  have 
these  valves  locked  or  sealed  oi^en.  Such  valves  when  used  shall  be 
of  the  straightway  type. 

Par.  152.  Water  column  pipes.  The  minimum  size  of  pipes  con- 
necting the  water  column  to  a boiler  shall  be  1 in. 
Water-glass  fittings  or  gage  cocks  may  be  connected  direct  to  the 
boiler. 


Par.  153.  The  water  connections  to  the  water  column  of  a boiler 
' shall  be  of  brass  and  shall  be  provided  with  a cross  to 
facilitate  cleaning.  Either  the  water  column  or  this  connection  shall 
be  fitted  with  a drain  cock  or  drain  valve  with  a suitable  connection 
to  the  ashpit,  or  other  sr.fe  point  of  waste.  The  water  column  blow- 
off  pipe  shall  be  at  least  % in. 

Par.  154.  The  steam  connection  to  the  water  column  of  a hori- 
zontal return  tubular  boiler  shall  be  taken  from  the 
top  of  the  shell  or  the  upper  part  of  the  head;  the  water  connection 
shall  be  taken  from  a point  not  less  than  6 in.  below  the  center  line 
of  the  shell. 


SETTING. 

Par.  155.  Methods  of  supi>ort.  A horizontal  return  tubular  boil- 
er over  7 8-in.  in  diameter  shall  be  supported  from 
steel  lugs  by  the  outside  suspension  type  of  setting,  independent  of 
the  boiler  side  walls.  The  lugs  shall  be  so  designed  that  the  load  is 
properly  distributed  between  the  rivets  attaching  them  to  the  shell 
and  so  that  not  more  than  two  of  these  rivets  come  in  the  same 
longitudinal  line  on  each  lug.  The  distance  girthwise  of  the  boiler 
from  the  centers  of  the  bottom  rivets  to  the  centers  of  the  top  rivets 
attaching  the  lugs  shall  be  not  less  than  12  in.  The  other  rivets 
shall  be  spaced  evenly  between  these  points.  If  more  than  four  lugs 
are  used  they  shall  be  set  in  four  pairs. 

Par.  156.  A horizontal  return  tubular  boiler  over  54  in.,  and  up 
to  and  including  78  in.  in  diameter,  shall  be  supported 
by  the  outside  suspension  type  of  setting,  or  at  four  points  by  not 
less  than  eight  steel  or  cast-iron  brackets  set  in  pairs.  A horizontal 
return  tubular  boiler  up  to  and  including  54  in.  in  diameter  shall  be 
supported  by  the  outside  suspension  type  of  setting,  or  by  not  less 
than  two  steel  or  cast-iron  brackets  on  each  side. 

Par.  157.  Lugs  or  brackets,  when  used  to  support  boilers,  shall 
be  properly  fitted  to  the  surfaces  to  which  they  are 
attached.  The  shearing  stress  on  the  rivets  used  for  attaching  the 
lugs  or  brackets  shall  not  exceed  8 per  cent  of  the  strength  in  Par. 
13,  section  2. 


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Par.  158.  Wet-bottom  stationary  boilers  shall  have  a space  of 
not  less  than  12  in.  between  the  bottom  of  the  boiler 
and  the  floor  line,  with  access  for  inspection. 

Par.  159.  Access  and  firing  doors.  The  minimum  size  of  an 
access  door  to  be  placed  in  a boiler  setting  shall  be 
12  X 16'  in.  or  equivalent  area,  11  in.  to  be  the  least  dimension  in 
any  case. 

Par.  160.  A water  tube  boiler  which  is  fired  by  hand  shall  have 
firing  door  or  doors  of  the  inward  opening  type  unless 
such  doors  are  provided  with  substantial  latching  devices  to  prevent 
them  from  being  blown  open  by  pressure  on  the  furnace  side. 

HYDROSTATIC  TESTS. 

Par.  161.  Hydi’ostatic  pressure  tests.  After  a boiler  has  been 
completed,  it  shall  be  subjected  to  a hydrostatic  test 
of  one  and  one-half  times  the  maximum  allowable  working  pressure. 
The  pressure  shall  be  under  proper  control  so  that  in  no  case  shall 
the  required  test  pressure  be  exceeded  by  more  than  6 per  cent. 

Par.  162.  During  a hydrostatic  test,  the  safety  valve  or  valves 
shall  be  removed  or  each  valve  disc  shall  be  held  to  its 
seat  by  means  of  a testing  clamp  and  not  by  screwing  down  the  com- 
pression screw  upon  the  spring. 

INSPECTION. 

Par.  163.  All  boilers  constructed  after  January  1,  1917,  for 
service  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis  shall  be  inspected  dur- 
ing construction  and  at  the  time  of  applying  the  hydrostatic  pressure 
tests  by  a Deputy  Boiler  Inspector  of  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  or  an 
assistant  boiler  inspector  of  a steam  boiler  inspection  and  insurance 
company  appointed  as  such.  All  boilers  manufacturer  in  plants 
other  than  those  located  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  after  January  1, 
1917,  for  service  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  must  be  accompanied  by  a 
certificate  of  an  inspector  of  a steam  boiler  insurance  company  of 
recognized  standing,  and  acceptable  to  the  Building  Commissioner 
of  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  certifying  that  the  boiler  or  boilers  were 
constructed  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

STAMPING. 

Par.  164.  Stamping  of  boilers.  In  laying  out  shell  plates,  fur- 
nace sheets  and  heads  in  the  boiler  shop,  care  shall  be 
taken  to  leave  at  least  one  of  the  stamps,  specified  iq  Par.  2,  section 
2,  of  this  ordinance,  so  located  as  to  be  plainly  visible  when  the 
boiler  is  completed;  except  that  the  tube  sheets  of  a vertical  fire-tube 
boiler  and  butt  straps  shall  have  at  least  a portion  of  such  stamps 
visible  sufficient  for  identification  when  the  boiler  is  completed. 

Par.  165.  Each  boiler  shall  conform  in  every  detail  to  this  ordi- 
nance, and  shall  be  distinctly  stamped  with  the  official 
symbol  of  the  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  denoting 
that  the  boiler  was  constructed  in  accordance  therewith.  Each  boiler 
shall  also  be  stamped  by  the  builder  with  a serial  number  and  with 
the  builder’s  name  either  in  full  or  abbreviated.  The  style  of  stamp 
and  location  to  be  in  accordance  with  the  American  Society  of  Me- 
chanical Engineers’  uniform  standard.  Ord.  29523. 

SECTION  FOUR 

LOW  PRESSURE  STEAM  HEATING  BOILERS 
BOILER  MATERIALS. 

Par.  1.  The  Rules  for  power  boilers  shall  apply: 

Specifications  are  given  in  this  Ordinance,  Par.  2 to  2 2,  of  section 
2,  for  the  important  materials  used  in  the  construction  of  iDoilers,  and 
where  given,  the  materials  shall  conform  thereto. 

— 2'29— 


Par.  2.  Flange  steel  may  be  used  entirely  for  the  construction  of 
steam  heating  boilers  covered  in  this  section,  but  in  no 
case  shall  steel  of  less  than  in.  in  thickness,  nor  tube  sheets  or 
heads  of  less  than  5/16  in.  in  thickness,  be  used. 

MAXIMUM  ALLOWABLE  WORKING  PRESSURE. 

Par.  3.  The  maximum  allowable  working  pressure  shall  not  ex- 
ceed 15  lb.  per  sq.  in.  on  a boiler  built  under  these  Rules 
to  be  used  exclusively  for  low  pressure  steam  heating. 

Par.  4.  A boiler  to  be  used  exclusively  for  low  pressure  steam 
heating  may  be  constructed  of  cast  iron,  or  of  cast  iron 
excepting  connecting  nipples  and  bolts,  or  wholly  of  steel  or  wrought 
iron,  or  of  steel  and  partially  cast  iron,  or  of  steel  or  wrought  iron 
with  cast  iron  mud  rings,  door  frames  and  manhole  flanges. 

Par.  5.  All  steel  plate,  hot-water  and  steam-heating  boilers  shall 
have  a factor  of  safety  of  not  less  than  5. 

BOILER  JOINTS. 

Par.  6.  Longitudinal  lap  joints  will  be  allowed  on  boilers  to  be 
used  exclusively  for  low  pressure  steam  heating,  when 
the  maximum  allowable  working  pressure  does  not  exceed  15  lb.  per 
eq.  in.,  and  the  diameter  of  the  boiler  shell  does  not  exceed  60  in. 

Par.  7.  The  longitudinal  joints  of  a horizontal  return  tubular 
boiler,  if  of  the  lap  type,  shall  be  not  over  12  ft.  in  length. 

Par.  8.  Protection  of  joints.  ^ When  a boiler  is  built  wholly  or 
partially  of  steel  and  is  used  exclusively  for  low  pressure 
Steam  heating,  it  shall  not  be  necessary  to  water  jacket  the  rivets  in 
the  flre-box  where  one  end  of  each  rivet  is  exposed  to  the  fire  or 
direct  radiant  heat  from  the  fire,  provided  any  one  of  the  following 
conditions  is  fulfilled; 

a Where  the  ends  of  the  rivets  away  from  the  fire  are  pro- 
tected by  means  of  natural  drafts  of  cold  air  induced  in 
the  regular  operation  of  the  boiler; 

1)  Where  the  ends  of  the  rivets  away  from  the  fire  are  in  the 
open  air; 

c Where  the  rivets  are  protected  by  the  usual  charges  of  fresh 
fuel,  which  is  not  burned  in  contact  with  the  rivets. 

BOILER  OPENINGS. 

Par.  9.  Flanged  connections.  Openings  in  boilers  having  flanged 
connections  shall  have  the  flanges  conform  to  the  Ameri- 
can Standard  given  in  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers’ 
Boiler  Code  of  1915. 

SAFETY  VALVES. 

Par.  10.  Outlet  connections  for  safety  valves.  Every  boiler  shall 
have  proper  outlet  connections  for  the  required  safety 
valve  or  valves,  independent  of  any  other  connection  outside  of  the 
boiler  or  any  internal  pipe  in  the  boiler,  the  area  of  the  opening  to 
be  at  least  equal  to  the  aggregate  area  of  all  of  the  safety  valves 
with  which  it  connects.  A screwed  connection  may  be  used  for  at- 
taching a safety  valve  to  a heating  boiler.  This  rule  applies  to  all 
sizes  of  safety  valves. 

Par.  11.  Safety  valves.  Each  steam  boiler  shall  be  provided  with 
one  or  more  safety  valves  of  the  spring-pop  type  which 
cannot  be  adjusted  to  a higher  pressure  than  15  lb.  per  sq.  in. 

Par.  12.  No  safety  valve  shall  be  smaller  than  1 in.  nor  greater 
than  iV2  in.  nominal  size. 

l*ar.  13.  When  two  or  more  safety  valves  are  used  on  a boiler 
they  may  be  single  or  twin  valves. 

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Par.  14.  Safety  valves  shall  be  connected  to  boilers  independent 
of  other  connections  and  be  attached  directly  or  as  close 
as  possible  to  the  boiler,  without  any  intervening  pipe  or  fittings, 
except  the  Y-base  forming  a part  of  the  twin  valve  or  the  shortest 
possible  connection.  A safety  valve  shall  not  be  connected  to  an 
internal  pipe  in  the  boiler.  Safety  valves  shall  be  connected  so  as  to 
stand  upright,  with' the  spindle  vertical,  when  possible. 

Par.  15.  No  shut-off  of  any  description  shall  be  placed  between 
the  safety  valves  and  boilers,  nor  on  discharge  pipes  between  them 
and  the  atmosphere. 

Par.  16.  When  a discharge  pipe  is  used  its  area  shall  be  not  less 
than  the  area  of  the  valve  or  aggregate  area  of  the  valves 
with  which  it  connects,  and  the  discharge  pipe  shall  be  fitted  with  an 
open  drain  to  prevent  water  from  lodging  in  the  upper  part  of  the 
valve  or  in  the  pipe.  When  an  elbow  is  placed  on  a safety  valve 
discharge  pipe,  it  shall  be  located  close  to  the  valve  outlet  or  the 
pipe  shall  be  securely  anchored  and  supported.  The  safety  valve 
shall  be  so  located  and  piped  that  there  will  be  no  danger  of  scald- 
ing attendants. 

Par.  17.  Each  safety  valve  used  on  a steam  heating  boiler  shall 
have  a substantial  lifting  device  which  shall  be  so  con- 
nected to  the  disc  that  the  latter  can  be  lifted  from  its  seat  a distance 
of  not  less  than  one-tenth  of  the  nominal  diameter  of  the  seat  when 
there  is  no  pressure  on  the  boiler.  ^ 


TABLE  12.  ALLOWABLE  SIZES  OF  SAFETY  VALVES  FOR  HEATING  BOILERS 


Water  Evaporated 
per  Sq.  Ft  of 
Grate  Surface  per 
Hr  , Lb. 

75 

100 

160 

160 

200 

240 

Maximum  allowable 

Zero 

Over  25 

Over  50 

Over  100 

Over  150 

Working  Pressure, 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

Over  200 

Lb.  per  Sq.  In. 

25  Lb. 

50  Lb. 

100  Lb. 

150  Lb. 

200  Lb. 

Lb. 

Diameter 

Area 

. 

Of  Valve, 

of  Valve, 

Area  of  Grate,  Sq.  Ft. 

In. 

Sq.  In. 

j 

0 . 7854 

2.00 

2.50 

2.75 

3 25 

3.5 

3.75 

iM 

1 2272 

3.25 

4.00 

4.25 

5.00 

5.5 

5 75 

1.7671 

4. 50 

5.50 

6.00 

7.25 

8.0 

8. 50 

2 

3 1416 

8.00 

9.75 

10.75 

13.00 

14.0 

15.00 

4.9087 

12.50 

15.00 

16 . .50 

20.00 

22.0 

23.00 

3 

7.0686 

17.75 

21.. 50 

24.00 

29.00 

31.5 

33.25 

m 

9.6211 

24.00 

29.50 

32.50 

39.50 

43.0 

45.25 

4 

12.5660 

31.50 

38.25 

42.50 

51  50 

56.0 

59.00 

4^ 

15.9040 

40.00 

48.50 

53  50 

65.00 

71.0 

74.25 

Par.  18.  Every  safety  valve  shall  have  plainly  stamped  on  the 
body  or  cast  thereon  the  manufacturer’s  name  or  trade 
mark  and  the  pressure  at  which  it  is  set  to  blow.  The  seats  and 
discs  of  safety  valves  shall  be  made  of  non-ferrous  material. 

Par.  19.  The  minimum  size  of  safety  valve  or  valves  for  each 
boiler  shall  be  governed  by  the  grate  area  of  the  boiler, 
as  shown  by  Table  12. 


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When  the  conditions  exceed  those  on  which  Table  12  is  based,  the 
following  formula  for  bevel  and  flat  seated  valves  shall  be  used: 

WX70 

A = X 11 

P 

in  which 

A = area  of  direct  spring-loaded  safety  valve  per  square  foot 
of  grate  surface,  sq.  in. 

W — weight  of  water  evaporated  per  square  foot  of  grate  sur- 
face per  second,  lb. 

p =:  pressure  (absolute)  at  which  the  safety  valve  is  set  to 
blow,  lb.  per  sq.  in. 

Pai*.  20.  Double  grate  down  cli’aft  boilers.  In  determining  the 
number  and  size  of  safety  valves  the  grate  area  shall 
equal  the  area  of  the  upper  grate  plus  one-half  of  the  area  of  the 
lower  grate. 

Par.  21.  Boilers  fired  with  oil  or  gas.  In  determining  the  num- 
ber and  size  of  safety  or  water  relief  valve  or  valves  for 
a boiler  using  gas  or  liquid  fuel,  15  sq.  ft.  of  heating  surface  shall 
be  equivalent  to  one  square  foot  of  grate  area.  If  the  size  of  grate 
for  use  of  coal  is  evident  from  the  boiler  design,  such  size  may  be  the 
basis  for  the  determination  of  the  safety  valve  capacity. 

STEAM  AND  WATER  GAGES. 

Par.  22.  Steam  gages.  Each  steam  boiler  shall  have  a steam 
gage  connected  to  the  steam  space  or  to  the  water  col- 
umn or  its  steam  connection.  The  steam  gage  shall  be  connected 
to  a syphon  or  equivalent  device  of  sufflcient  capacity  to  keep  the 
gage  tube  filled  with  water  and  so  arranged  that  the  gage  cannot  be 
shut  off  from  the  boiler  except  by  a cock  placed  near  the  gage  and 
provided  with  a tee  or  lever  handle  arranged  to  be  parallel  to  the 
pipe  in  which  it  is  located  when  the  cock  is  open.  Connections  to 
gages  shall  be  of  brass,  copper  or  bronze  composition.  The  dial 
of  a steam  gage  for  a steam  heating  boiler  shall  be  graduated  to  not 
less  than  30  lb. 

FITTINGS  AND  APPLIANCES. 

Par.  23.  Bottom  blow-off  pipes.  Each  boiler  shall  have  a blow- 
off  pipe,  fltted  with  a valve  or  cock,  in  direct  connection 
with  the  lowest  water  space  practicable. 

Par.  23a.  Valves  on  return  and  supply  pipes.  The  main  return 
pipe  to  a heating  boiler  (gravity  return  system)  shall 
have  a check  valve,  also  a stop  valve,  between  the  check  valve  and 
the  boiler.  The  supply  pipe  for  heating  system  shall  have  a stop 
valve  located  close  to  the  boiler. 

Par.  24.  Damper  regulators.  When  a pressure  damper  regulator 
is  used,  the  boiler  pressure  pipe  shall  be  connected  to  the 
steam  space  of  the  boiler. 

Par.  25.  AVater  glasses.  Each  steam  boiler  shall  have  one  or 
more  water  glasses. 

Par.  26.  Gage  cocks.  Each  steam  boiler  shall  have  two  or  more 
gage  cocks  located  within  the  range  of  the  visible  length 
of  the  water  glass. 

Par.  27.  AVater  column  pipes.  The  minimum  size  of  pipes  con- 
necting the  water  column  of  a boiler  shall  be  1 in. 
Water-glass  fittings  or  gage  cocks  may  be  connected  direct  to  the 
boiler.  The  steam  connection  to  the  water  column  of  a horizontal 
return  tubular  boiler  shall  be  taken  from  the  top  of  shell  or  the 
upper  part  of  the  head;  the  water  connection  shall  be  taken  from  a 
point  not  less  than  6 in.  below  the  center  line  of  the  shell.  No  con- 
nections, except  for  damper  regulator,  drains  or  steam  gages,  shall 
be  placed  on  the  pipes  connecting  a water  column  to  a boiler. 

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METHODS  OF  SETTING. 


Par.  28.  Wet-bottom  steel  plate  boilers  shall  have  a space  of  not 
less  than  12  in.  between  the  bottom  of  the  boiler  and 
the  floor  line  with  access  for  inspection. 

P^.  29.  Access  doors.  The  minimum  size  of  access  door  used  in 
boiler  settings  shall  be  12  X 16  in.  or  equivalent  area, 
the  least  dimension  being  11  in. 


Par.  30.  The  longitudinal  joints  of  a horizontal  return  tubular 
boiler  shall  be  located  above  the  fire-line. 


STAMPING. 


Par.  31.  Each  plate  of  a completed  boiler  shall  show  a sufficient 
portion  of  the  plate  maker’s  stamp  for  identification. 
Par.  32.  Name.  All  boilers  referred  to  in  this  section  shall  be 
plainly  and  permanently  marked  with,  the  manufactur- 
er’s name  and  the  maximum  allowable  working  pressure.  Ord. 
29523. 


SECTION  FIVE 
EXISTING  INSTALLATIONS 

MAXIMUM  ALLOWABLE  WORKING  PRESSURE. 

Par.  1.  The  maximum  allowable  working  pressure  on  the  shell 
of  a boiler  or  drum  shall  be  determined  by  the  strength 
of  the  weakest  course,  computed  from  the  thickness  of  the  plate, 
the  tensile  strength  of  the  plate,  the  efficiency  of  the  longitudinal 
joint,  the  inside  diameter  of  the  course  and  the  factor  of  safety 
allowed  by  this  ordinance. 

T8XtXE 

= maximum  allowable  working  pressure,  lb.  per  sq.  in. 

RXFS 

where 

TS  = ultimate  tensile  strength  of  shell  plates,  lb.  per  sq.  in. 
t = thickness  of  shell  plate,  in  weakest  course,  in. 

E = efficiency  of  longitudinal  joint,  method  of  determining 
which  is  given  in  Par.  3,  section  3,  of  this  ordinance. 

R = inside  radius  of  the  weakest  course  of  the  shell  or  drum, 
inches. 

FS  = factor  of  safety  allowed  by  this  ordinance. 

Par.  2.  Boilers  in  service  one  year  after  this  ordinance  becomes 
effective  shall  be  operated  with  a factor  of  safety  of  at 
least  4 by  the  formula.  Par.  1.  Five  years  after  this  ordinance  be- 
comes effective,  the  factor  of  safety  shall  be  at  least  4.5.  In  no  case 
shall  the  maximum  allowable  working  pressure  on  old  boilers  be 
increased,  unless  they  are  being  operated  at  a lesser  pressure  than 
would  be  allowable  for  new  boilers,  in  which  case  the  changed  press- 
ure shall  not  exceed  that  allowable  for  new  boilers  of  the  same  con- 
struction. 

Par.  3.  The  age  limit  of  a horizontal  return  tubular  boiler  having 
a longitudinal  lap  joint  and  carrying  over  50  It),  pressure 
shall  be  20  years,  except  that  no  lap  joint  boiler  shall  be  discontinued 
from  service  solely  on  account  of  age  until  5 years  after  this  ordi- 
nance becomes  effective. 

Par.  4.  Second-hand  boilers,  by  which  are  meant  boilers  where 
both  the  ownership  and  location  arq  changed,  shall  have 
a factor  of  safety  of  at  least  5V2,  by  the  formula  Par.  1,  one  year 
after  this  ordinance  becomes  effective,  unless  constructed  in  accord- 
ance with  sections  2,  3 and  4,  of  this  ordinance,  when  the  factor  shall 
be  at  least  5. 


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Par.  5.  Cast  iron  headers  and  mud  drums.  The  maximum  allow- 
able working  pressure  on  a water  tube  boiler,  the  tubes 
of  which  are  secured  to  cast  iron  or  malleable  iron  headers,  or  which 
have  cast  iron  mud  drums,  shall  not  exceed  160  lb.  per  sq.  in. 

Par.  6.  Steam  heating  boilers.  The  maximum  allowable  working 
pressure  shall  not  exceed  15  lb.  per  sq.  in.  on  a boiler 
used  exclusively  for  low  pressure  steam  heating. 

Par.  7.  No  pressure  shall  be  allowed  on  a boiler  on  which  a crack 
^ is  discovered  along  the  longitudinal  riveted  joint. 

Par.  7a.  Stationary  boilers,  located  outside  of  the  city  of  St.  Louis, 
constructed  and  in  use  prior  to  January  1,  1917,  may  be 
brought  into  the  city  of  St.  Louis  and  operated  by  the  owner,  provid- 
ed said  boilers  upon  inspection  are  found  to  be  in  a safe  condition. 
Such  boilers  shalj  be  treated  as  existing  installations,  as  of  the  time 
this  ordinance  went  into  effect. 

Pai’.  7h.  Portable  boilers  of  contractors’  equipment  located  out- 
side of  the  city  of  St.  Louis  and  constructed  and  in  use 
prior  to  January  1,  1917,  may  be  used  temporarily  in  the  city  of 

St.  Louis,  provided  said  boilers  upon  inspection  are  found  to  be  in  a 
safe  condition. 

STRENGTH  OF  MATERIALS. 

Par.  8.  Tensile  strength.  When  the  tensile  strength  of  steel  or 
wrought  iron  shell  plates  is  not  known,  it  shall  be  taken 
as  55,000  Ib.  per  sq.  in,  for  steel  and  45,000  Ib.  for  wrought  iron. 

Par.  9.  Strength  of  rivets  in  shear.  In  computing  the  ultimate 
strength  of  rivets  in  shear  the  following  values  in  pounds 
per  square  inch  of  the  cross-sectional  area  of  the  rivet  shank  shall 


be  used. 

Iron  rivets  in  single  shear 3 8,000 

Iron  rivets  in  double  shear 76,000 

Steel  rivets  in  single  shear 44,000 

Steel  rivets  in  double  shear. 88,000 


The  cross-sectional  area  shall  be  that  of  the  rivet  shank  after  driving. 

Par.  10.  CT-usliing  strength  of  mild  steel.  The  resistance  to 
crushing  of  mild  steel  shall  be  taken  at  95,000  lb.  per 
sq.  in  of  cross-sectional  area. 

TABLE  13.  SIZES  OF  RIVETS  BASED  ON  PLATE  THICKNESS 


Thickness  of  plate 

A' 

H" 

R' 

R' 

Diameter  of  rivet  after  driving .... 

Thickness  of  plate 

11' 

1 TS 

R' 

1 

A' 

lA' 

iR' 

— 

Diameter  of  rivet  after  driving  . . 

Par.  11.  Rivets.  When  the  diameter  of  the  rivet  holes  in  the 
longitudinal  joints  of  a boiler  is  not  known,  the  diam- 
eter and  cross-sectional  area  of  rivets,  after  driving,  may  be  ascer- 
tained from  Table  13  or  by  cutting  out  one  rivet  in  the  body  of  the 
joint. 

SAFETY  VALVES  FOR  POWER  BOILERS. 

Par.  12.  The  safety  valve  capacity  of  each  boiler  shall  be  such 
that  the  safety  valve  or  valves  will  discharge  all  the 
steam  that  can  be  generated  by  the  boiler  without  allowing  the  press- 
ure to  rise  more  than  6 per  cent  above  the  maximum  allowable 
working  pressure,  or  more  than  6 per  cent  above  the  highest  pressure 
to  which  any  valve  is  set. 


—234— 


Par.  13.  One  or  more  safety  valves  on  every  boiler  shall  be  set  at 
or  below  the  maximum  allowable  working  pressure.  The 
remaining  valves  may  be  set  within  a range  of  3 per  cent  above  the 
maximum  allowable  working  pressure,  but  the  range  of  setting  of 
all  of  the  valves  on  a boiler  shall  not  exceed  ten  per  cent  of  the  high- 
est pressure  to  which  any  valve  is  set. 

Par.  14.  Safety  valve  capacity  may  be  checked  in  any  one  of 
three  different  ways,  and  if  found  sufficient,  additional 
capacity  need  not  be  provided: 

a By  making  an  accumulation  test,  by  shutting  off  all  other 
steam  discharge  outlets  from  the  boiler  and  forcing  the 
fires  to  the  Maximum.  The  safety  valve  equipment  shall 
be  sufficient  to  prevent  an  excess  pressure  beyond  6 per 
cent,  as  specified  in  Par.  12. 

b By  measuring  the  maximum  amount  of  fuel  that  can  be 
burned  and  computing  the  corresponding  evaporative  ca- 
pacity upon  the  basis  of  the  heating  value  of  the  fuel. 
See  Pars.  9 9 to  105,  section  3. 

c By  determining  the  maximum  evaporative  capacity  by 
measuring  the  feedwater.  The  sum  of  the  safety  valve 
capacities  shall  be  equal  to  or  greater  than  the  maximum 
evaporative  capacity  of  the  boiler. 

Par.  15.  In  case  either  of  the  methods  outlined  in  sections  b or  c 
of  Par.  14  is  employed,  the  safety  valve  capacities  shall 
be  taken  at  the  maximum  values  given  in  Table  11  for  spring  loaded 
pop  safety  valves,  or  0.66  times  the  maximum  values  given  in  Table 
11,  for  lever  safety  valves. 

Par.  16.  When  additional  valve  capacity  is  required,  any  valves 
added  shall  conform  to  the  requirements  in  sections  2, 
3 and  4 of  this  ordinance. 

Par.  17.  No  valve  of  any  description  shall  be  placed  between  the 
safety  valve  and  the  boiler,  nor  on  the  discharge  pipe 
between  the  safety  valve  and  the  atmosphere.  When  a discharge 
pipe  is  used,  it  shall  be  not  less  than  the  full  size  of  the  valve,  and 
the -discharge  pipe  shall  be  fitted  with  an  open  drain  to  prevent 
water  lodging  in  the  upper  part  of  the  safety  valve  or  in  the  pipe. 
If  a muffler  is  used  on  a safety  valve  it  shall  have  sufficient  outlet 
area  to  prevent  back  pressure  from  interfering  with  the  proper  oper- 
ation and  discharge  capacity  of  the  valve.  The  muffler  plates  or 
other  devices  shall  be  so  constructed  as  to  avoid  any  possibility  of 
restriction  of  the  steam  passages  due  to  deposit.  When  an  elbow 
is  placed  on  a safety  valve  discharge  pipe  it  shall  be  located  close  to 
the  safety  valve  outlet  or  the  pipe  shall  be  securely  anchored  and 
supported.  All  safety  valve  discharges  shall  be  so  located  or  piped 
as  to  be  carried  clear  from  running  boards  or  working  platforms 
used  in  controlling  the  main  stop  valves  of  boilers  or  steam  headers. 

FITTINGS  AND  APPLIANCES. 

I*ar.  18.  AVater  glasses  and  gage  cocks.  Each  steam  boiler  shall 
have  at  least  one  water  glass,  the  lowest  visible  part  of 
which  shall  be  not  less  than  2 in.  above  the  lowest  permissible  water 
level. 

Par.  19.  Each  boiler  shall  have  three  or  more  gage  cocks,  located 
within  the  range  of  the  visible  length  of  the  water  glass, 
when  the  maximum  allowable  working  pressure  exceeds  15  Tb.  per 
sq.  in.,  except  when  such  boiler  has  two  water  glasses  with  independ- 
ent connections  to  the  boiler,  located  on  the  same  horizontal  line  and 
not  less  than  2 feet  apart. 

Par.  20.  No  outlet  connections,  except  for  damper  regulator,  feed- 
water  regulator,  drains  or  steam  gages,  shall  be  placed 
on  the  pipes  connecting  a water  column  to  a power  boiler. 

—235— 


Pai’.  21.  Steam  gages.  Each  steam  boiler  shall  have  a steam 
gage  connected  to  the  steam  space  or  to  the  water  col- 
umn or  to  its  steam  connection.  The  steam  gage  shall  be  connected 
to  a syphon  or  equivalent  device  of  sufficient  capacity  to  keep  the 
gage  tube  filled  with  water  and  so  arranged  that  the  gage  cannot  he 
shut  off  from  the  boiler  except  by  a cock  placed  near  the  gage  and 
provided  with  a tee  or  lever  handle  arranged  to  he  parallel  to  the 
pipe  in  which  it  is  located  when  the  cock  is  open.  Connections  to 
gages  shall  be  of  brass,  copper  or  bronze  composition. 

Pai’.  22.  Stop  valves.  Each  steam  outlet  from  a power  boiler 
(except  safety  valve  connections)  shall  be  fitted  with  a stop  valve 
located  as  close  as  practicable  to  the  boiler. 

Par.  23.  When  a stop  valve  is  so  located  that  water  can  accumu- 
late, ample  drains  shall  be  provided. 

Par.  24.  Bottom  blow-off  pipes.  Each  boiler  shall  have  a blow- 
off  pipe  fitted  with  a valve  or  cock,  in  direct  connection 
with  the  lowest  water  space  practicable. 

Par.  25.  When  the  maximum  allowable  working  pressure  exceeds 
125  lb.  per  sq.  in.,  the  blow-off  pipe  shall  be  extra  heavy 
from  boiler  to  valve  or  valves,  and  shall  run  full  size  without  re- 
ducers or  bushings.  All  fittings  between  the  boiler  and  valve  shall 
be  steel,  extra  heavy  malleable  iron  or  extra  heavy  cast  iron. 

Par.  26.  When  the  maximum  allowable  working  pressure  exceeds 
125  lb.  per  sq.  in.,  each  bottom  blow-off  pipe  shall  be  fitted  with  an 
extra  heavy  valve  or  cock.  Preferably  two  ( 2 ) valves,  or  a valve  and 
a cock  should  be  used  on  each  blow-off,  in  which  case  such  valves,  or 
valve  and  cock,  shall  be  extra  heavy. 

Pai’.  27.  A bottom  blow-off  pipe  when  exposed  to  direct  furnace 
heat,  shall  be  protected  from  the  products  of  combustion 
by  fire-brick,  a substantial  cast  iron  removable  sleeve,  or  a covering 
of  non-conducting  material. 

Par.  28.  An  opening  in  the  boiler  setting  for  a blow-off  pipe  shall 
be  arranged  to  provide  for  free  expansion  and  con- 
traction. 

Par.  29.  Feed  piping.  The  feed  pipe  of  a steam  boiler  operated 
at  more  than  15  lb.  per  sq.  in  maximum  allowable  work- 
ing pressure,  shall  be  provided  with  a check  valve  near  the  boiler  . 
and  a valve  or  cock  between  the  check  valve  and  the  boiler,  and  when 
two  or  more  boilers  are  fed  from  a common  source  there  shall  also 
be  a globe  valve  on  the  branch  to  each  boiler,  between  the  check 
valve  and  the  source  of  supply.  When  a globe  valve  is  used  on  a 
feed  pipe,  the  inlet  shall  be  under  the  disc  of  the  valve. 

Par.  30.  Lamphrey  fronts.  Each  holler  fitted  with  a Lamphrey 
boiler  furnace  mouth  protector,  or  similar  appliance, 
having  valves  on  the  pipes  connecting  them  to  the  boiler,  shall  have 
these  valves  locked  or  sealed  oi>en.  Such  valves,  when  used,  shall 
be  of  the  straightway  type. 

HYDROSTATIC  PRESSURE  TESTS. 

Par.  31.  Test  pressui-e.  When  a hydrostatic  test  is  applied  the 
required  test  pressure  shall  be  one  and  one-half  times 
the  maximum  allowable  working  pressure.  The  pressure  shall  be 
under  proper  control  so  that  in  no  case  shall  the  required  test  press- 
ure be  exceeded  by  more  than  2 per  cent. 

Par.  32.  During  a hydrostatic  test  of  a boiler  the  safety  valve  or 
valves  shall  be  removed  or  each  valve  disc  shall  be  held 
to  its  seat  by  means  of  a testing  clamp  and  not  by  screwing  down  the 
compression  screw  upon  the  spring.  Ord.  29  523. 

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SECTION  SIX 


DEFINITIONS 


Sec.  6.  Definition  of  abbreviations.  The  letters  and  abbreviated 
words  used  in  this  ordinance  are  defined  as  follows: 

“Sq.”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  square. 

“In.”  when  used  in  connection  with  measurement  shall  be  taken  to 
mean  inches,  and  the  abbreviation,  when  ccmbined,  “Sq.  In.,” 
shall  be  taken  to  mean  square  inch. 

“Ft.,”  when  used  in  the  same  connection,  shall  be  taken  to  mean 
feet. 

“B.  T.  U.”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  British  Thermal  Units. 

“B.  W.  G.”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  Birmingham  Wire  Gage. 

“CH.”  wherever  used,  “C”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  the  total  weight 
or  volume  of  fuel  burned  per  hour  in  pounds  or  cubic  feet,  at 
times  of  maximum  forcing;  “H,”  the  least  amount  of  combus- 
tion in  British  Thermal  Units  per  pound  or  cubic  feet  of  fuel 
used. 

“Tens.”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  Tensile,  and  the  abbreviation  “Str.” 
shall  be  taken  to  mean  strength. 

“Min.”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  minimum. 

“Int.”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  intermediate. 

“Max.”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  maximum. 

“Lb.”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  pounds,  and  the  abbreviation  “hr.” 
shall  be  taken  to  mean  hour;  the  abbreviations  when  combined 
(“Lb.”  per  “Hr.”)  shall  be  taken  to  mean  pounds  per  hour, 
Ord.  29523. 


Sec.  7.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation,  or  the  agent  thereof, 
who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  shall 
be  fined  not  less  than  one  hundred  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dol- 
lars, and  each  day  that  such  violation  is  permitted  to  exist  shall  con- 
stitute a separate  and  distinct  offense.  Ord.  29523. 


Sec.  8.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  on  the  first  day  of  Jan- 
uary, 1918,  and  any  part  hereof  where  the  year  19  17  is 
designated  as  the  time  it  is  to  take  effect,  shall  for  every  purpose  of 
this  ordinance  be  taken  to  mean  the  year  1918.  Ord.  29523. 

—237— 


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ORDINANCES 


GOVERNINQ 

INSTALLATION  AND  INSPECTION 


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BOILERS  AND  ELEVATORS 
(See  index  following  code  index) 


Sec.  9.  Board  of  engineers  constituted.  The  mayor  shall  also 
' appoint,  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the  council,  two  per- 
sons, one  of  whom  shall  be  a practical  and  mechanical  engineer, 
and  one  shall  be  a manufacturer  of  engines  and  steam  machinery; 
both  shall  have  at  least  five  years’  experience  in  the  business,  who, 
in  connection  with  the  inspector  of  boilers  and  elevators,  shall  con- 
stitute a board  of  engineers.  R,  C.  2061. 

Sec.  10.  Sessions  of  board — shall  have  power  to  grant  license  to 
engineers,  which  may  he  revoke<l.  Said  board  shall  pro- 
vide for  regular  sessions,  and  the  inspector  of  boilers  and  elevators 
shall  act  as  secretary,  and  keep  minutes  of  the  proceedings.  Said 
board  shall  convene  for  business  once  in  each  week  to  examine  into 
the  qualifications  of  applicants  for  engineers’  licenses.  A majority  of 
the  members  of  said  board  shall  constitute  a quorum  for  the  trans- 
action of  business.  The  secretary  shall  keep  a register  of  the  names 
of  all  applicants,  designating  those  found  qualified  and  those  not 
qualified.  Said  board  shall  grant  certificates  of  license,  for  one  year 
from  date  thereof,  to  all  applicants  who,  upon  examination,  shall 
have  the  capacity,  skill,  experience  and  habits  of  sobriety  requisite 
to  perform  the  duties  of  an  engineer,  and  no  person  possessing  such 

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qualifications  shall  be  refused  a license.  Each  applicant  for  a license 
shall,  at  the  time  of  filing  his  application,  pay  to  the  inspector  of 
boilers  and  elevators  a fee  of  two  dollars  for  each  examination,  and 
all  money  so  received  by  the  inspector  of  boilers  and  elevators  shall 
be  paid  into  the  city  treasurer,  as  provided  by  section  21,  but  no 
charge  shall  be  made  for  renewals.  All  certificates  of  licenses 
granted  shall  be  signed  by  not  less  than  two,  and  may  be  signed  by 
all  the  members  of  the  board.  The  board  of  engineers  may  adopt 
such  rules  and  regulations  as  they  shall  deem  proper,  not  inconsist- 
ent with  this  chapter  and  the  general'law.  A full  board  of  engineers, 
by  an  unanimous  vote,  shall  have  the  power  to  revoke  an  engineer’s 
license  for  inebriety,  dishonesty  or  neglect  of  his  duties,  when  in 
charge  of  an  engine  or  boiler  in  use,  and  may  order  the  reinspection 
of  any  boiler  whenever  they  shall  deem  it  necessary  for  the  public 
safety;  but  no  license  shall  be  permanently  revoked  for  cause  with- 
out first  giving  the  accused  party  an  opportunity  to  be  heard  in  his 
own  defense.  R.  C.  2065. 

Sec.  11.  Bond  and  compensation  of  members  of  board.  The  mem- 
bers bf  the  board  of  engineers,  except  the  inspector  of 
boilers  and  elevators,  shall  each  receive  five  dollars  for  each  session 
of  the  board  at  which  they  are  respectively  present,  provided  said 
board  shall  hold  at  least  one,  and  not  more  than  two  sessions  each 
week.  They  shall  each  give  bond  in  like  manner  as  the  inspector  of 
boilers  and  elevators,  with  the  same  conditions,  and  in  the  penal 
sum  of  five  hundred  dollars,  said  bond  to  be  approved  by  the  mayor 
and  council.  Ord.  2 379  8,  amending  R.  C.  2076. 

Sec.  12.  Application  and  examination  for  license.  Every  appli- 
cant for  license  who  fails  to  pass  the  examination  of  the 
board  is  required  to  wait  four  weeks  before  again  making  application 
for  license,  and  the  board  shall  give  him  another  examination.  Every 
applicant  for  license  must  make  application  for  a license  on  a blank 
furnished  by  the  inspector  of  boilers  and  elevators  for  that  purpose. 
Applicant  must  have  at  least  two  years’  experience  at  mechanical 
or  steam  engineering,  and  must  write  and  state  his  experience  on 
said  blank.  He  shall  go  before  the  inspector  of  boilers  and  elevators 
and  make  oath  that  the  statements  set  forth  in  such  blank  are  true 
facts.  R.  C.  2081. 

Sec.  1.3.  Application  for  renewal  of  revoked  license.  Applica- 
tion for  renewal  of  such  license  shall  be  made  not  later 
than  the  third  meeting  of  the  board  next'  following  the  expiration 
of  the  license,  and  unless  the  above  provision  is  complied  with,  the 
board  may,  at  its  discretion,  order  a new  examination.  R.  C.  2083. 

Sec.  14.  Appeals  to  the  Board  of  Public  Service.  Any  owner  or 
user  of  a steam  boiler  or  elevator  who  is  aggrieved  on 
account  of  a decision  of  the  Board  of  examiners  or  engineers,  or  of 
a decision  of  the  Building  Commissioner,  may  appeal  to  the  Board 
of  .Public  Service.  No  such  appeal  shall  be  allowed  by  the  Board  of 
Public  Service  unless  the  appellant  shall  first  deposit  with  the  Build- 
ing Commissioner  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  as  the  cost  of  the  appeal 
and  shall,  within  ten  days  after  the  finding  or  decision  of  the  Board 
of  Examiners  of  engineers,  or  the  Building  Commissioner,  appealed 
from,  file  with  said  board  of  public  service  his  petition  stating  where- 
in he  has  been  aggrieved.  If  the  appellant  shall  prevail  on  an  appeal, 
his  deposit  of  cost  shall  be  returned  to  him  by  the  Building  Com- 
missioner. If  the  decision  of  the  board  of  examiners  of  engineers 
or  of  the  Building  Commissioner  be  sustained,  said  fee  shall  be  paid 

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by  the  Building  Commissioner  to  the  city  treasurer.  Whenever  any 
person  shall  have  complied  with  the  provisions  of  this  section,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Public  Service,  within  ten  days  there- 
after, to  examine  into  and  determine  said  appeal,  and  if  said  board 
he  of  the  opinion  that  the  correct  determination  of  appellant’s  com- 
plaint cannot  be  had  without  the  aid  or  advice  of  the  Board  of  Ex- 
aminers of  Engineers,  or  of  the  Building  Commissioner,  they  shall 
call  said  board  or  the  Building  Commissioner  before  them.  Said 
Board  of  Examiners  of  engineers  or  the  Building  Commissioner, 
when  notified  that  his  or  their  aid  or  advice  are  required  by  the 
Board  of  Public  Service  shall  apear  before  and  assist  in  the  deter- 
mination of  said  appeal.  The  Board  of  Public  Service  shall  certify 
to  the  Board  of  Examiners  of  engineers  or  to  the  Building  Commis- 
sioner, as  the  case  may  require,  the  result  of  its  determination  of  all 
appeals,  and  when  so  certified  the  same  shall  be  made  a part  of  the 
records  of  the  office  of  the  division  of  building  and  inspection.  The 
Board  of  Examiners  of  Engineers,  or  the  Building  Commissioner,  as 
the  case  may  be,  shall  be  governed  by  and  forthwith  make  all  neces- 
sary orders  to  give  full  force  and  effect  to  such  decision.  Ord.  29466. 

Sec.  15.  Licensed  engineer  to  maJte  semi-annual  report — Failure 
— Penalty.  Any  engineer  licensed  by  the  board  shall, 
within  the  first  ten  days  of  January  and  July  each,  make  a written 
report  to  the  inspector  of  boilers  and  elevators  of  the  condition  of  all 
boilers  and  apparatus  in  his  charge,  and  if  he  neglects  or  fails  to 
comply  with  this  section  or  if  intoxicated  while  in  the  discharge  of 
his  duty,  he  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  on  con- 
viction thereof  shall,  besides  the  fines  otherwise  provided  for,  forfeit 
his  license.  R.  C.  2085. 

Sec.  16.  Licensed  engineers  must  give  notice  of  changes  of 
employment.  Every  engineer  licensed  by  the  board  is 
required  to  notify  the  inspector  of  boilers  and  elevators  when  he 
accepts  or  leaves  his  employment,  and  within  twenty-four  hours 
thereafter,  the  name  of  his  employer  and  the  location  of  the  boilers 
in  his  charge.  Any  engineer  who  fails  to  give  such  notice  may 
have  his  license  revoked  by  the  board.  R.  C.  2082. 

Sec.  17.  Btiilding  Commissioner  to  appoint  employees  of  steam 
boiler  inspection  and  insurance  companies  upon  certain 
conditions.  The  Building  Commissioner  may,  upon  the  written  ap- 
plication of  the  president,  secretary  or  manager  of  any  steam  boiler 
inspection  and  insurance  company  duly  authorized  by  the  insurance 
laws  of  the  state  of  Missouri,  to  transact  inspection  and  insurance 
business  in  this  state,  authorize  one  or  more  boiler  inspectors  em- 
ployed by  such  company  to  inspect  and  test  such  boilers  only,  which 
are  insured  by  the  company  employing  them.  All  boiler  inspectors 
so  employed  and  so  authorized  shall  render  their  services  without 
any  compensation  whatsoever  from  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  and  such 
inspectors  shall  perform  such  services  until  removed  at  the  request 
of  the  company  employing  them  or  with  or  without  cause  or  request 
by  the  Building  Commissioner.  All  such  inspectors  shall  give  bond 
to  the  city  of  St.  Louis  in  the  penal  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars,  to 
be  approved  by  the  Comptroller  and  conditioned  as  the  bond  required 
of  the  Chief  Inspector  of  boilers  and  elevators,  and  further,  to  save 
the  city  harmless  by  reason  of  any  neglect  or  refusal  to  faithfully 
perform  the  several  duties  required  of  them  by  this  ordinance. 
Ord.  29466. 

Sec.  18.  Record  of  boilers — Notice — Application — InsiK^ctiou — 
Fee.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  division  of  building  and 
inspection  to  keep  a complete  record  of  every  steam  boiler  (station- 
ary or  transitory)  and  the  name  and  address  of  the  owner  or  user 

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thereof.  It  shall  also  he  the  duty  of  said  division  to  notify  such 
owner,  in  writing,  thirty  clays  before  the  expiration  of  each  certificate, 
to  make  a written  application  to  said  division  for  the  inspection  of 
such  boiler  or  boilers.  Every  such  application  shall  be  accompanied 
with  the  inspection  fee  as  required  in  section  10.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  said  division,  upon  the  filing  of  the  application  and  payment  of 
the  inspection  fee,  to  cause  an  inspection  to  be  made  of  every  such 
boiler  on  or  prior  to  the  date  of  the  expiration  of  the  certificate 
under  which  it  has  been  operated,  and  if  such  boiler  be  found  by  the 
Building  Commissioner  (or  other  person  lawfully  authorized  to  in- 
spect boilers)  to  be  in  a safe  and  secure  condition,  the  Building 
Commissioner  shall  issue  his  certificate  to  that  effect.  Any  person 
who  shall  neglect  to  have  his  boiler  'or  boilers  inspected  as  herein 
provided  for,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five  nor  more  than  two  ' 
hundred  dollars.  Ord.  29466. 


Sec.  19.  Manner  of  inspection — Certificate.  All  owners  or  users 
of  steam  boilers  shall  have  their  boilers  ready  for  in- 
spection when  notified  by  the  Building  Commissioner  of  the  date  set 
by  him  to  make  same.  No  boiler  shall  be  inspected  until  cold  and 
the  connection,  if  any,  to  adjacent  boilers  is  banked  off.  The  soot 
and  ashes  shall  be  removed  from  the  tubes,  heads,  shells,  furnace 
and  combustion  chamber  and  all  of  these  parts  thoroughly  washed 
out  and  drained.  The  grate  bars  of  internally  fired  boilers,  as  well 
as  the  handhole  and  manhole  plates  and  steam  gauges,  shall  be 
removed.  The  owner  or  owners  of  steam  boilers  shall  furnish  all 
labor  necessary  to  make  the  inspections  herein  required.  All  in- 
spections of  steam  boilers  shall  be  made  by  the  hammer  or  hydro- 
static test,  at  the  election  of  the  Building  Commissioner.  If  the 
hammer  test  be  applied  all  of  the  internal  as  well  as  external  parts 
of  the  boiler,  including  fittings  and  attachments,  shall  be  thor- 
oughly tested.  If  the  hydrostatic  test  is  applied,  the  boiler  to  be 
tested  shall  be  filled  with  water,  and  if  such  boiler  is  intended  to 
be  operated  at  a steam  pressure  exceeding  fifteen  pounds  per 
square  inch,  one  and  one-half  times  the  maximum  allowable  work- 
ing pressure  shall  be  applied,  boilers  intended  to  be  operated  at  a 
steam  pressure  of  fifteen  pounds  or  less  per  square  inch  twice  the 
maximum  allowable  pressure  shall  be  applied.  If,  in  the  applica- 
tion of  either  test  a defect  is  discovered  in  any  boiler  or  attach- 
ment thereto,  the  Building  Commissioner  shall  make  a report  of 
such  fact  to  the  owner  or  user  of  the  boiler  fully  describing  the 
defect  or  defects  found.  If,  while  making  the  first  test,  leaks  are 
discovered  which  require  repairs,  the  Building  Commissioner,  upon 
the  receipt  of  a notice  that  all  such  leaks  havei  been  properly  re- 
paired, shall  make  a second  test.  If,  upon  the  making  of  a second 
test,  the  boiler  is,  or  the  boilers  are  again  found  to  be  in  a defect- 
ive condition,  no  charge  shall  be  made  for  the  second  inspection, 
but  upon  the  making  of  any  subsequent  test,  the  regular  inspection 
fee  shall  be  paid.  In  addition  to  the  annual  inspection  required 
by  section  9 hereof,  any  owner  or  user  of  a steam  boiler  insured  by 
a steam  boiler  inspection  and  insurance  company  authorized  to 
transact  business  in  the  state  of  Missouri,  may  have  other  inspec- 
tions made  of  such  boiler  free  of  charge,  by  any  employee  of  such 
insurance  company  who  has  qualified  under  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  as  an  inspector  of  boilers  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis.  After 
the  completion  of  an  inspection  of  a boiler,  the  inspector  shall  set 
the  safety  valve  to  blow  off  at  the  pressure  allowed  on  the  certificate, 
unless  requested  by  the  owner,  user  or  engineer  in  charge  to  set  it 
at  a lower  pressure.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Building  Commis- 
sioner to  prohibit  the  use  of  all  boilers  which  are  found  by  him  to 
be  in  an  unsafe  and  dangerous  condition.  Ord.  29466. 

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Sec.  20.  Inspection  of  boilers.  The  owners  or  users  of  station- 
ary or  transitory  steam  boilers  or  other  steam  generating 
apparatus  shall  have  same  inspected  and  tested  before  being  used 
and  at  least  once  each  year  thereafter.  The  owner  or  user  of  a 
steam  boiler  (stationary  or  transitory)  or  steam  generating  appa- 
ratus, filing  a written  application  duly  countersigned  by  the  presi- 
dent, secretary  or  manager,  of  any  steam  boiler  inspection  and 
insurance  company  which  is  authoried  by  the  insurance  laws  of  the 
state  of  Missouri  to  transact  business  as  an  inspection  and  insurance 
company  in  this  state,  the  Building  Commissioner  may,  upon  the 
receipt  of  such  application,  permit  an  employee  of  such  company 
who  has  been  authorized  to  inspect  boilers  to  make  such  inspection. 
The  name  of  the  insurance  company  desiring  to  make  the  test  shall 
be  stated  in  the  application.  The  inspector  of  such  company  after 
having  made  the  inspection,  shall  make  a written  report  to  the  Build- 
ing Commissioner  signed  by  him,  which  report  shall  state  all  facts 
relating  to  the  boiler  or  steam  generating  apparatus  inspected  by 
him.  The  Building  Commissioner  shall  give  the  owner  or  user  of 
the  boiler  inspected  a written  copy  of  the  report  of  the  person  mak- 
ing the  inspection,  together  with  a certificate  of  inspection,  upon 
payment  'of  the  regular  fee,  as  in  cases  where  the  inspections  are 
made  by  the  Building  Commissioner,  and  said  inspection  and  cer- 
tificate shall  be  valid  and  accepted  by  the  person  desiring  the  in- 
spection to  be  so  made,  as  in  full  compliance  with  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance.  Each  steam  boiler  inspection  and  insurance  company 
whose  employees  are  authorized  to  make  inspections  of  the  steam 
boilers  or  generating  apparatus  insured  by  the  company,  shall  make 
a quarterly  report  to  the  division  of  building  and  inspection  of  all 
boilers  inspected  by  the  respective  companies  on  the  first  of  January, 
April,  July  and  October  of  each  year,  on  blanks  to  be  furnished  by 
the  division  of  building  and  inspection,  and  such  blanks  shall  contain 
the  same  requirements  as  those  regularly  used  by  the  division.  No 
owner  or  user  of  steam  boiler  or  boilers  or  steam  generating  appa- 
ratus shall  operate  at  a greater  pressure  than  is  allowed  in  the  cer- 
tificate of  inspection  granted  by  the  division  of  building  and  inspec- 
tion. Ord.  29466. 

So€.  21.  Insi)ection  fees — Certificates.  Fees  to  be  collected  for 
the  inspection  of  boilers  and  elevators  shall  be  as  fol- 
lows: For  inspection  of  plans  for  the  construction  or  reconstruction 

of  high  pressure  boiler  plants  or  heating  plans  having  boilers  with 
over  five  hundred  square  feet  of  heating  surface  shall  be  two  dollars 
for  each  boiler.  For  inspection  of  plans  of  cast  iron  boilers  and  low 
pressure  shell  boilers  whose  heating  surface  does  not  exceed  five 
hundred  square  feet,  one  dollar.  For  inspection  of  high  pressure 
power  plants  or  heating  plants  having  boilers  possessing  a heat- 
ing surface  of  over  five  hundred  square  feet,  per  boiler,  after  their 
construction  or  reconstruction  and  before  their  operation,  three 
dollars.  For  the  inspection  of  cast  iron  boilers  and  low  pressure 
shell  boilers,  having  a heating  surface  not  exceeding  five  hundred 
square  feet  after  their  installation  and  prior  to  their  operation,  two 
dollars.  For  the  annual  inspection  of  each  boiler  (excepting  cast- 
iron  boilers)  a fee  of  five  dollars  shall  be  paid.  For  cast  iron  boil- 
ers of  from  one  thousand  to  two  thousand  square  feet  of  radiation 
(builders’  rating),  one  dollar.  For  cast  iron  boilers  from  two  thou- 
sand to  three  thousand,  five  hundred  square  feet  of  radiation  (build- 
ers’ rating),  two  dollars.  For  cast  iron  boilers  over  three  thousand, 
five  hundred  square  feet  of  radiation  (builders’  rating),  three  dol- 
lars. For  the  inspection  of  each  transitory  boiler  the  sum  of  three 
dollars  shall  be  paid.  The  inspection  fee  for  elevators  shall  be  one 
dollar  for  each  elevator.  Ord.  29466. 

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Sec.  22.  Certificate — Where  posted.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
every  owner  or  user  of  a steam  boiler  coming  within  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  to  place  or  post  the  certificate  of 
inspection  in  a conspicuous  place  in  the  engine  or  boiler  room,  or 
basement,  if  such  boiler  is  stationary;  if  transitory,  it  shall  be  kept 
where  the  boiler  is  in  operation.  Any  person  violating  the  provis- 
ions of  this  section  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and 
upon  conviction  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  five 
hundred  dollars.  Ord.  29466. 

Sec.  2;5.  Building  Commissioner  to  report  nnmher  of  boilers,  loca- 
tions, names  of  owners,  number  condemned,  number  of 
explosions,  and  the  cause  thereof.  The  Building  Commissioner  shall, 
in  his  annual  report  to  the  Director  of  Public  Safety,  report  the  full 
numbers  of  boilers  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  the  number  in  use,  the 
number  and  kind  inspected,  and  the  number  condemned  as  unsafe 
for  use.  He  shall  also  report  the  date  of  every  boiler  accident,  the 
location  of  the  boiler,  the  name  of  the  owner,  and  the  cause  thereof. 
Ord.  2946a, 


SECTION  TWENTY-FOUR 

ELEVATORS-DETAILS  OF  CONSTRUCTION-CLASSIFICATION 


Sec.  24.  ParagTaph  1.  Elevators  used  for  carrying  passengers 
shall  be  known  as  passenger  elevators.  Elevators  used  for  carrying 
passengers  and  freight  shall  be  known  as  passenger  freight  ele- 
vators. All  other  types  of  elevators  shall  be  known  as  freight  ele- 
vators. 


Par.  2.  Supports.  Supports  for  overhead  sheaves  and  machinery 
for  passenger  and  freight  elevators  shall  be  of  steel. 
The  supports  for  hand-power  elevators  may  be  of  wood,  and  the 
framework  of  the  gearing  shall  be  securely  fastened  to  the  supports 
by  holts. 

Par.  3.  Overhead  screen.  Immediately  under  the  sheaves  at  the 
top  of  every  elevator  shaft  shall  be  a substantial  wire 
screen,  of  number  eleven  gauge  and  one  and  one-half  inch  mesh. 
This  may  be  omitted  in  the  carriage  type  of  elevators  suspended  by 
four  cables,  one  at  each  corner  of  the  platform,  or  on  hand-power 
elevators  where  the  hoisting  machinery  is  not  located  overhead. 

Par.  4.  The  guide  rails  lof  all  elevators  operated  at  speed  exceed- 
ing one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  per  minute,  shall  be  con- 
structed of  steel  and  shall  be  anchored  to  foundations  of  steel  or 
masonry  and  be  securely  attached  to  the  framework  or  walls  of 
the  building.  Elevators  installed  in  buildings  of  the  third  class 
shall  have  guide  rails  constructed  of  steel  or  wood.  When  con- 
structed of  wood,  they  shall  have  substantial  guide  posts,  built  in 
sections,  to  prevent  warping,  and  secured  to  the  framework  or 
walls  of  the  building  by  bolts  or  lag  screws.  Wooden  guide  posts 
shall  be  provided  with  independent,  maple  guide  rails,  securely 
fastened  to  the  guide  posts  by  wood  screws,  lag  screws  or  bolts. 
Floating  or  unguided  counterweights  shall  not  be  used.  The  guides 
of  carriage  elevators  shall  be  well  proportioned  to  withstand  the 
strain  to  which  they  are  subjected  while  loading  and  unloading. 
The  bottom  of  all  counter-weight  guide  rails  shall  be  so  enclosed 
to  a height  of  six  feet  to  prevent  persons  from  being  injured  by  the 
descending  weights. 


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Par.  5.  Bumpers.  Passenger  elevators  shall  be  provided  with 
two  cushion  springs  or  bumpers  of  an  approved  type, 
resting  on  steel  framework  or  masonry  at  the  bottom  of  the  shaft 
and  of  sufficient  height  to  stop  the  car  and  its  load,  should  it  run 
beyond  the  bottom  limit  of  travel.  The  car  shall  rest  on  the  bump- 
ers when  the  car  platform  is  twelve  inches  below  the  bottom  floor 
landing.  Where  the  car  meets  the  bumpers,  iron  plates  or  cups 
shall  be  provided.  Other  approved  bumpers  equal  to  the  springs 
may  be  used.  All  hand-power  overbalanced  elevators,  at  the  upper 
limits  of  travel,  shall  be  provided  with  two  cushion  springs  or  bump- 
ers of  an  improved  type.  These  springs  or  bumpers  shall  be  attached 
to  the  overhead  supports  or  clamped  to  the  guide  posts. 

Par.  6.  Counterweights.  Counterweights  shall  have  at  least  two 
bolts  passing  through  all  subweights,  each  of  which  shall 
be  capable  of  sustaining  the  entire  weight.  When  counterweights 
are  built  in  steel  frames  in  such  a manner  that  the  sub-weights  can- 
not be  jarred  from  the  frame,  the  bolts  may  be  omitted.  All  bolts 
shall  be  provided  with  lock  nuts  and  split  pins  at  the  ends.  When 
the  car  is  at  the  top  floor  landing,  there  shall  be  not  less  than 
twelve  inches,  or  more  than  eighteen  inches,  between  the  bottom 
of  the  counterweights  and  the  counterweight  landing.  When  the 
car  is  resting  on  the  bumpers  in  the  pit  there  shall  be  three  feet 
clearance  between  the  top  of  the  counterwights  and  the  underside 
of  the  overhead  beams  or  hoisting  mechanism.  Where  more  than 
one  set  of  weights  travel  in  a single  pair  of  guides,  the  drum  coun- 
terweight shall  always  be  placed  below  the  car  counterweight. 

Par.  7.  Clearances.  All  passenger  and  freight  elevators  having 
a speed  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  or  less  per  minute 
shall  have  not  less  than  three  feet  overhead  clearance  between  the 
top  of  the  car  and  the  bottom  of  the  overhead  grating,  and  a pit  not 
less  than  two  feet  six  inches  deep.  For  each  additional  one  hundred 
feet,  or  fractional  part  in  the  car  speed,  there  shall  be  an  additional 
twelve  inches  added  to  the  overhead  clearance  and  to  the  depth  of 
the  pit. 


Par.  8.  The  clearance  between  the  car  and  the  sill  of  the  landing 
shall  not  be  greater  than  one  and  one-half  inches.  All 
sills  and  offsets  opposite  car  entrances  shall  be  flared. 

Par.  9.  Cables.  The  hoisting,  counterweight  and  tiller  line 
cables  shall  be  metallic. 

Par.  10.  Number  of  cables.  Passenger  and  freight  power  ele- 
vators shall  have  at  least  two  hoisting  cables  attached  to 
the  car,  and  two  cables  attached  to  any  counterweight.  On  hand- 
power  elevators,  except  carriage  type,  two  hoisting  cables  shall  be 
attached  to  the  car.  All  cables  shall  be  independently  fastened  at 
their  terminals. 

Par.  11.  Maximum  load.  The  maximum  load  on  cables  shall  not 
be  greater  than  one-eighth  of  the  ultimate  strength  for 
passenger  elevators,  and  one-sixth  of  the  ultimate  strength  for 
freight  elevators,  the  basis  of  computation  being  standard  Swedes 
iron  hoisting  cable.  The  maximum  number  of  passengers  allowed 
to  be  carried  shall  be  determined  by  dividing  the  floor  area  of  the 
car,  in  square  feet,  by  two  and  one-half. 

Par.  12.  Equalizers — Hoi.sting  and  drum  counterweiglits.  Cables 
of  overhead  machines  shall  have  equalizers  when  the 
lift  of  the  car  shall  exceed  forty  feet.  Equalizers  for  hoisting  cables 
shall  be  located  at  the  top  of  the  frame  of  the  car.  Drum  counter- 
weight cables  shall  have  equalizers  located  at  the  top  of  the  counter- 
weights, but  no  equalizers  shall  be  required  for  independent  or  car 

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counterweights,  nor  shall  any  equalizers  be  required  on  installations 
where  the  machine  is  located  on  any  floor  below  the  landing  at  the 
top  floor,  unless  it  is  apparent  at  the  time  of  the  inspection  that  the 
cables  have  a tendency  to  so  wind  as  will  cause  the  load  on  one 
cable  to  be  thrown  to  another.  In  all  such  cases  equalizers  shall  be 
provided  for  both  the  hoisting  and  the  drum  counterweight  cables. 

Par.  13.  Bolts.  The  bolts  in  any  part  of  the  elevator  when  sub- 
jected to  vibration  shall  have  lock  spring  washers,  lock 
nuts  and  split  pins.  Belted  machines  shall  be  securely  bolted  to  the 
floor  or  ceiling. 

Par.  14.  Slack  cable  devices.  All  elevators,  except  traction, 
hydraulic  or  hand-power  elevators,  shall  be  provided 
with  a slack  cable  device,  which  shall  apply  the  brake  sufflciently 
to  gradually  cause  the  machine  to  stop. 

Par.  15.  Electric  elevators,  car  switch  control  shall  be  provided 
with  a slack  cable  switch,  so  connected  to  the  controller 
that  the  current  will  be  cut  off  from  the  motor,  the  brake  applied, 
and  the  car  brought  to  a gradual  stop,  should  the  hoisting  cables 
become  slack  or  broken. 

Par.  16.  Automatic  stops.  The  machines  of  all  power  elevators 
shall  be  provided  with  automatic  stops  to  bring  the  car 
to  a stop  without  a jar  at  the  top  or  bottom  independent  of  any 
act  on  the  part  of  the  operator. 

Par.  17.  Limit  switches.  In  addition  to  the  automatic  stops  on 
the  machine,  all  electric  elevators  shall  be  equipped 
with  electric  hatchway  limit  switches,  so  connected  to  the  controller, 
that  should  the  car  travel  beyond  the  normal  limits  at  the  top  or 
bottom  of  the  shaft,  the  current  will  immediately  be  cut  off  from 
the  motor,  the  brake  applied,  and  the  car  brought  to  a gradual  stop. 

Par.  18.  Sheaves  and  drums.  Machine  chased  drums  shall  be 
used  in  elevator  machines,  and  a separate  groove  pro- 
vided for  each  cable.  All  drums  for  direct  connected  machines 
shall  be  bolted  to  the  gear  wheel  or  to  a spider  attached  thereto. 
All  sheaves  and  drums,  when  attached  to  shafts,  shall  be  secured  in 
proper  key-seats.  No  wooden  hoist  drum  shall  be  used. 

Par.  19.  Circuit  breakers.  All  electric  elevators  shall  be  pro- 
vided with  a no-voltage  circuit  breaker. 

Par.  20.  Interlocking  switch  protection.  Where  switches  are  re- 
quired on  collapsing  gates  or  sliding  doors  on  electric 
elevators,  they  may  be  connected  in  series  with  the  car  switches 
when  the  same  are  electrically  controlled,  known  as  car  switch 
control.  But  when  the  car  is  mechanically  controlled,  the  switches 
shall  be  connected  in  series  with  the  controlling  apparatus,  or  on 
the  electric  coil  or  brake  solenoid  magnet.  These  switches  shall 
be  so  constructed  as  to  automatically  open  and  remain  open,  when 
the  doors  which  they  protect  are  open  more  than  two  inches. 

Par.  21.  Guards.  All  window  openings  into  elevator  shafts  shall 
be  guarded  with  screens  or  bars.  The  doors  at  the 
sidewalk  level  of  sidewalk  elevators  shall  be  of  wrought  iron  or 
steel,  and  shall  be  provided  with  suitable  guards,  when  open,  for 
the  proper  protection  of  the  public.  Where  such  elevators  are 
located  within  a building,  a permanent  enclosure  shall  be  provided. 

Par.  22.  Lights.  A light  shall  be  provided  in  all  passenger  and 
freight  elevators. 

Par.  2.3.  Passenger  elevators.  The  framework  of  all  passenger 
cars  shall  be  made  of  steel  and  shall  be  covered  with 
a solid  wrought  iron  canopy.  The  sides  of  the  cage  shall  be  en- 

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closed  from  floor  to  the  canopy,  except  at  entrance;  if  grillwork  be 
used  for  cage,  there  shall  be  no  openings  exceeding  two  inches  in 
width.  Where  the  doors  of  the  elevator  shaft  are  more  than  four 
inches  from  the  face  of  the  hatchway,  such  elevator  shall  be  pro- 
vided with  a collapsible  gate  or  sliding  door  at  the  car  opening.  The 
doors  or  gates  of  electric  elevators  shall  be  provided  with  a durable 
switch  connected  in  series  with  the  car  switch  controller  so  that  the 
car  cannot  be  started  by  the  operator  when  the  door  or  gate  is  open, 
more  than  two  inches. 

Par.  24.  Any  passenger  elevator  car  having  more  than  one  exit, 
one  of  which  is  so  far  distant  from  the  operator  as  to 
require  him  to  leave  his  controller,  shall  have  a sliding  door  or-  col- 
lapsible gate,  at  least  five  feet  high,  equipped  with  a switch  con- 
nected in  series  with  the  controller  of  the  car  to  prevent  it  from 
being  started  by  the  operator  when  the  gate  is  open  more  than  two 
inches.  The  controlling  apparatus,  in  cars  having  one  exit  only, 
sh&.ll  be  so  located  that  the  operator  can  reach*  across  the  door  open- 
ing while  the  car  is  in  operation. 

Par.  25.  All  passenger  elevators,  except  those  of  direct  plunger 
type,  also  hydraulic  elevators  of  not  over  one-story  lift, 
shall  be  provided  with  a speed  governor  in  connection  with  a safety 
device,  which  shall  be  applied  gradually.  For  traction  elevators, 
provisions  shall  be  made  so  that  the  main  circuit  will  be  opened  by 
the  speed  governor  at  the  time  that  the  car  safety  device  is  put  in 
operation.  All  electric  passenger  elevators  shall  be  provided  with 
electric  switch  control  and  shall  be  operated  by  car  switch  which 
automatically  centers  itself  and  causes  the  car  to  gradually  come  to 
a stop.  All  hydraulic  passenger  elevators  shall  be  controlled  by 
means  of  a lever  on  the  car.  Independent  limit  valves  shall  be  pro- 
vided on  the  machine  of  “hydraulic”  elevators  to  cause  the  car  to 
come  to  a gradual  stop  at  upper  and  lower  limits  of  travel.  Every 
elevator  employing  a motor  shall  be  provided  with  an  overlt>ad  cir- 
cuit breaker. 

Par.  26.  Safety  locks.  All  doors  of  passenger  elevator  shafts 
shall  be  provided  with  safety  locks,  which  shall  prevent 
the  car  leaving  any  floor  landing  until  the  door  is  closed  and  latched. 

Par.  27.  All  passenger  elevator  shafts  at  each  floor  above  the 
basement  shall  be  enclosed  from  the  floor  to  the  ceiling 
on  the  side  provided  with  an  entrance  and  to  a height  of  not  less 
than  eight  feet  on  the  other  sides;  when  the  iron  grill  work  is  used, 
the  space  between  the  bars  shall  not  exceed  two  inches;  when  iron 
wire  is  used  the  mesh  shall  not  exceed  two  inches. 

Par.  28.  Automatic  elevators.  Automatic  push-button  elevators 
may  be  installed,  provided  that  all  doors  to  the  hatch- 
way are  protected  with  interlocking  switches  and  fastenings,  and 
each  entrance  to  the  car  is  provided  with  a collapsing  or  sliding 
gate,  protected  with  a contact  switch  in  series  with  the  operating 
switches  on  the  controller.  The  switch  on  the  gate  of  the  car  shall 
be  provided  with  a special  connection,  which  will  prevent  the  car 
ascending  or  descending  to  another  floor  until  the  gate  has  been 
closed.  Where  push-button  floor  stop  switches  instead  of  a single 
car  switch  are  used,  such  switches  shall  be  inoperative  until  all  the 
door  contacts  are  closed. 

Par.  29.  Freight  elevators.  In  all  buildings  in  which  elevator 
shafts  are  required  by  ordinance  to  be  constructed  of 
fireproof  material,  the  openings  in  such  shaft,  on  the  respective 
floors,  shall  be  provided  with  automatic-closing,  fireproof  gates  or 
standard  fire  doors.  If  automatic  gates  are  used,  they  shall  lock 
automatically  when  closed,  and  be  so  arranged  that  they  cannot 

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be  opened  except  by  the  operator  when  the  platform  of  the  car  is 
at  the  floor  landing.  If  standard  Are  doors  are  used,  the  opening 
in  the  shaft  shall  be  protected  by  self-closing  gates  fitted  with  a 
device  to  prevent  them  from  being  raised  until  the  platform  of  the 
car  arrives  at  the  floor  landing. 

Par.  30.  Every  open  hatchway  in  which  a freight  elevator  is 
installed  shall  hereafter  be  securely  protected  on  all 
sides  to  a height  of  at  least  six  feet — said  enclosure  may  be  solid 
or  constructed  of  two  and  one-half  inch  mesh  wire  of  at  least  num- 
ber eleven  gauge,  or  of  vertical  or  horizontal  strips.  If  vertical 
strips  are  used,  the  open  space  between  strips  shall  not  exceed  two 
and  one-half  inches.  The  entrance  to  the  shaft  shall  be  provided 
with  a semi-automatic  gate  at  least  five  feet  in  height,  properly 
fitted  with  a device  to  prevent  the  gate  from  being  opened  until 
the  platform  of  the  car  arrives  at  the  floor  landing,  and  which  shall 
cause  the  gate  to  close  automatically  as  the  car  leaves  the  floor 
landing. 

Par.  31.  Hatchways  of  carriage  and  hand-operated  freight  ele- 
vators, for  one-story  lifts  only,  may  be  enclosed  by  rail- 
ing, consisting  of  three  horizontal  bars  so  spaced  as  to  be  at  least 
four  feet  in  height  and  not  more  than  one  foot  from  the  floor.  The 
gate  or  gates  shall  be  of  same  height. 

Par.  32.  Car  control.  Car  switch  control  shall  be  required  on  all 
passenger-freight  or  freight  elevators  which  are  in- 
tended to  be  operated  at  a speed  exceeding  one  hundred  and  fifty 
feet  a minute,  but  when  mechanically  controlled  shall  not  be  oper- 
ated at  a speed  exceeding  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  per  minute,  and 
shall  be  provided  with  a lock  to  retain  elevator  at  the  floor  landing 
when  loading  or  unloading.  All  electric  elevators  having  car  switch 
and  remote  control  shall  be  provided  with  semi-automatic  gate  at 
hatchway  to  which  gates  there  shall  be  attached  an  electric  device 
so  arranged  that  when  the  gate  is  closed  the  electric  circuit  will  also 
be  closed. 

Par.  33.  Safety  devices.  All  freight  elevators  having  a speed  of 
over  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  per  minute  shall  be  pro- 
vided with  a speed  governor  working  in  connection  with  a gradually 
applied  car  safety  device.  Freight  elevators  having  a speed  of  less 
than  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  per  minute  and  having  a lift  ex- 
ceeding twenty  feet  shall  be  provided  with  a speed  governor  oper- 
ating in  connection  with  an  instantaneous  car  safety  device  or  with  a 
gradually  applied  car  safety  device.  B"reight  elevators  having  a lift 
not  exceeding  twenty  feet  shall  be  provided  with  a broken  rope  spring 
set  car  safety  device. 

l*ar.  34.  Passenger-freight  and  freight  elevators.  All  passenger- 
freight  and  freight  elevators  having  one  exit  shall  have 
the  car  enclosed  on  three  sides.  If  there  be  two  exits,  two  sides 
of  the  car  shall  be  enclosed.  The  height  of  the  enclosure  shall  not 
be  less  than  six  feet.  On  all  passenger-freight  and  freight  ele- 
vators having  two  exits  the  exit  on  the  opposite  side  to  the  one 
occupied  by  the  operator  shall  be  provided  with  a collapsible  or 
sliding  gate.  The  gates  required  herein  shall  be  at  least  five  feet  in 
height  and  be  equipped  with  a switch  connected  with  the  controlling 
apparatus.  Carriage  elevators  are  not  required  to  have  platform 
enclosed. 

l*ar.  35.  Ovorlioad  screen.  On  passenger-freight  and  freight 
elevatoi's  there  shall  be  a substantial  wire  screen,  of 
number  eleven  gage,  one  and  one-half  inch  mesh,  suitable  sup- 

ported and  attached  to  the  crosshead. 

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Par.36.  Dumb-waiters.  No  inspection  of  dumb-waiters,  or  any 
other  lifts  or  hoists  not  exceeding  in  capacity  five  hun- 
dred pounds,  shall  be  necessary. 

Par.  37.  Defects — How  remedied.  If  any  defects  be  found  to 
exist  in  any  of  the  parts  of  an  elevator  which  would 
tend  to  impair  its  safety  or  endanger  the  lives  of  persons  by  the 
continued  use  of  such  elevator,  the  Building  Commissioner  shall 
cause  a written  notice  to  be  served  upon  the  user  or  users  of  said 
elevator,  which  notice  shall  contain  a statement  of  the  repairs  nec- 
essary to  be  made,  and  such  elevator  shall  not  be  again  used  until 
a certificate  in  writing  shall  be  issued  by  the  Building  Commissioner 
stating  that  it  is  in  a safe  condition  fit  for  use.  Ord.  29  46  6. 

Sec.  25.  Competent  oi^erators.  The  users  of  all  power  elevators 
shall  employ  competent  persons  to  operate  same,  who 
shall  have  a proper  knowledge  of  all  the  parts  of  the  machinery 
for  the  working  of  the  elevators  in  their  charge.  No  person  under 
the  age  of  sixteen  years  shall  be  permitted  to  operate  a power 
elevator.  Ord.  29466. 

Sec.  26.  Record  of  elevators — Notice— -Application — Insi>ections 
— How  often — Fee.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  division 
of  building  and  inspection  to  keep  a complete  record  of  every  ele- 
vator coming  within  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  together  with 
the  name  and  address  of  the  owner  or  user  thereof.  It  shall  also  be 
the  duty  of  said  division  to  notify  such  owner  or  user,  in  writing, 
fifteen  days  before  the  expiration  of  each  certificate,  to  file  in  the 
division  of  building  and  inspection  a written  application  (on  blanks 
furnished  by  said  division)  for  an  inspection  of  each  and  every 
elevator.  Every  such  application  shall  be  accompanied  by  the  in- 
spection fee,  as  required  by  section  21,  of  this  ordinance.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  every  owner  or  user  of  a passenger  or  freight  ele- 
vator, or  passenger  and  freight  elevator,  to  cause  the  same  to  be 
inspected  and  examined  at  least  four  times  a year,  namely,  the 
first  of  January,  April,  July  and  October,  excepting  elevators  oper- 
ated exclusively  by  hand,  which  shall  be  inspected  at  least  once 
every  six  months.  If  the  building  commissioner  or  his  duly  author- 
ized agents,  upon  the  inspection  of  an  elevator,  find  the  same  to  be 
in  a safe  and  secure  condition,  he  shall  issue  a certificate  stating 
such  facts.  If,  upon  the  other  hand,  he  finds  an  elevator  to  be  in  an 
unsafe  and  dangerous  condition,  he  shall  seal  up  said  elevator  and 
prohibit  its  use,  and  no  owner  or  user  of  an  elevator  which  is  sealed 
up  for  the  reason  before  stated,  shall  use  same,  until  it  has  been 
placed  in  a safe  and  secure  condition,  and  a certificate  authorizing 
its  use  is  issued  by  the  division  of  building  and  inspection.  Ord. 
29466. 

Sec.  27.  Insi)ection — Certificate.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
owner  or  user  to  use  an  elevator  coming  within  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance  to  operate  it  without  first  having  obtained 
an  inspection  of  such  elevator  and  a certificate  from  the  division  of 
building  and  inspection  authorizing  the  use  of  same.  Ord.  29466. 

Sec.  28.  Certificates  to  be  posted — AVhere.  The  certificate  issued 
by  the  division  of  building  and  inspection  shall  be  kept 
posted  in  a conspicuous  place  within  the  elevator  car.  Ord.  29466. 

Sec.  29.  Penalty.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance,  for  which  no  specific  penalty  is 
provided,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  con- 
viction shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  five  hundred 
dollars.  Ord.  29466. 


—252— 


TABLES -FORMULAE 

MISCELLANEOUS  INFORMATION 


Page 

Handy  Table 253 

Weights  of  Materials — 

Dry  Woods 254 

Building  Materials — Stacked 254 

Building  Materials — In  Construction 254 

Masonry  254 

Joists  and  Rafters 254 

Floors  255 

Partitions  ^ 255 

Miscellaneous  Items 255 

Contents  Storage  Warehouses 255 

Automobiles — Space  Occupied  by 256 

Billiard  Rooms — 'Size  and  Lighting 256 

Slates — Number  per  Square  and  Weight 256 

Steel — Diagram  of  Manufacture 257-258 


HANDY  TABLE 


Diameter  of  a circle  x 3.146  = cir- 
cumference. 

Radius  of  a circle  x 6.283185  = cir- 
cumference. 

Square  of  the  diameter  of ‘a  circle  x 
0.7854  z=  area. 

Square  of  the  circumference  of  a 
circle  x 0.07958  = area. 

Circumference  of  a circle  x 0.159155 
radius. 

Square  root  of  the  area  of  a circle 
X 0.56419  = radius. 

Circumference  of  a circle  x 0.31831 
= diameter. 

Square  root  of  the  area  of  a circle 
X 1.12838  = diameter. 

Diameter  of  a circle  x 0.86  =:  side 
of  inscribed  equilateral  triangle. 

Diameter  of  a circle  x 0.7071  = 
side  of  an  inscribed  square. 

Circumference  of  a circle  x 0.225 
=:  side  of  an  inscribed  square. 

Circumference  of  a circle  x 0.282  = 
side  of  an  equal  square. 

Diameter  of  a circle  x 0.8862  = 

side  of  an  equal  square. 

Base  of  a triangle  x V2  the  altitude 
= area. 

Multiplying  both  diameters  and 
0.7854  together  = area  of  an 
elipse. 

Surface  of  a sphere  x 1-6  of  its 
diameter  = solidity. 

Circumference  of  a sphere  x its 


diameter  — surface. 

Square  of  the  diameter  of  a sphere 
X 3.1416  =:  surface. 

Square  of  the  circumference  of  a 
sphere  x 0.3183  surface. 

Cube  of  the  diameter  of  a sphere  x 
0.5236  solidity. 

Cube  of  the  radius  of  a sphere  x 
4.1888  = solidity. 

Cube  of  the  circumference  of  a 
sphere  x 0.016887  =:  solidity. 

Square  root  of  the  surface  of  a 
sphere  x 0.56419  — diameter. 

Square  root  of  the  surface  of  a 
sphere  x 1.772454  = circumfer- 
ence. 

Cube  root  of  the  solidity  of  a 
sphere  x 1.2407  = diameter. 

Cube  root  of  the  solidity  of  a 
sphere  x 3.8978  = circumfer- 

ence. 

Radius  of  a sphere  x 1.1547  rr  side 
of  inscribed  cube. 

Square  root  of  (Vs  of  the  square 
of)  the  diameter  of  a sphere  nz 
side  of  inscribed  cube. 

Area  of  its  base  x Vs  of  its  alti- 
tude z=  a solidity  of  a cone  or 
pyramid,  whether  round,  square, 
or  triangular. 

Area  of  one  of  its  sides  x 6 
surface  of  cube. 

Altitude  of  trapezoid  x ^2  the  sum 
of  its  parallel  sides  = area. 


—253— 


WEI 

IGHTS  OF 

MATERIALS 

Dry  Woods. 

Lbs. 

Lbs. 

Lbs. 

Lbs. 

Board 

Cubic 

Board 

Cubic 

Ft. 

Ft. 

Ft. 

Ft. 

Apple  

4.1 

49. 

Iron  Wood  

..  6. 

• 1. 

Ash,  American  white....  3.9 

47. 

Larch  

..  3. 

35. 

Birch  

3.9 

45. 

Lignum  Vitae 

..  6.9 

83. 

Beech  

3.7 

43. 

Mahogany,  Honduras.. 

..  2.9 

35. 

Boxwood  

60. 

Mahogany,  Spanish 

..  4.4 

53. 

Cedar,  American 

2.9 

35. 

Maple  

..  4.1 

49. 

Cedar,  W.  Indian.... 

3.9 

47. 

Maple,  soft 

..  3.5 

42. 

Cedar,  Lebanon  

2.5 

30. 

Oak,  Live  

..  4.9 

59.3 

Cherry  

3.5 

42. 

Oak,  red  

..  3.9 

45. 

Chestnut  

3.4 

41. 

Oak,  white  

..  4.3 

52. 

Cork  

1.3 

15. 

Pine,  Southern  

..  3.7 

45. 

Elm  

2.9 

35. 

Pine,  white  

..  2.1 

25. 

Ebony  

6.3 

76.1 

Pine,  yellow 

..  2.8 

34.3 

Hemlock  

2.1 

25. 

Spruce  

..  2.1 

25. 

Hickorv  

4.4 

53. 

Sycamore  

..  3.1 

37. 

Hornbeam  

2.9 

47. 

Walnut  

..  3.2 

38. 

Building  Material.^ — Stacked. 

Lbs.  per 

Lbs.  per 

Cubic  Ft. 

Cubic  Ft. 

Brick,  pressed  

150 

Glass,  window 

15T 

Brick,  common 

123 

Granite  

17(T 

Brick,  soft  

100 

Lime,  quick  

53 

Cement,  Portland.... 

100 

Plaster  of  Paris 

70 

Cement,  Rosedale.... 

56 

Sand  

.90-106 

Cinders,  dry  

72 

Sandstone  

Cinders,  packed  

90 

Shale  

162 

Earth,  dry,  shaken 

.82-  92 

Slate  

175 

Earth,  rammed  

.92-100 

Trap  rock  

187 

Masonry. 


Lbs.  per 

Lbs.  per 

Cubic  Ft. 

Cubic  Ft. 

Brick,  pressed  or 

paving 

-.140 

Granite  

...160 

Brick, 

hard,  common 

..120 

Mortar  and  nla.ster 

...120 

Brick, 

soft  

..ion 

Rubble,  limestone,  common 

...140 

Brick, 

hollow  

..  90 

Rubble,  limestone,  cut  face 

...150 

Concrete,  stone  ... 

Rubble,  sandstone,  common 

...140 

Concrete,  cinder  . 

..  96 

Rubble,  sandstone,  cut  face 

...150 

Btiildiug  Materials— 

—Ill  Coustniction. 

Roofing. 

Lbs.  per 

Lbs.  per 

Square  Ft. 

Square  Ft. 

Copper,  sheet 

0.75  to 

1.25 

Shingles,  wood,  16"..... 

9 

Felt  and  gravel... 

8 to  10 

Shingles,  wood,  16".... 

9 

Iron,  corrugated 

1 to 

3.75 

Slate,  avera.ere 

10 

Iron,  galvanized... 

1 to 

3 

Tile,  fancy,  laid  in  mortar.. ..25 

to  30 

Iron  sheet,  black  painted 

1.5 

Tile,  plain,  average... 

12 

Ready  composition  roof- 

Tin  and  paint 

1 

ing 

1 to 

1.5 

Zinc  

1 to  2 

Sheet 

lead 

4 to 

8 

Joi.st.s  and 

Ra  fter.s. 

, 

Lbs.  per 

Lbs.  per 

Inches 

Square  Ft. 

Inches 

Square  Ft. 

White 

pine  2x  4- 

-12 

centers.... 

..1.1 

Yellow  pine  2x  4 — 12 

centers.... 

...1.9 

AVhite 

pine  2x  4- 

—14 

centers.... 

..1.3 

Yellow  pine  2x  4 — 14 

centers.... 

2 

White 

pine  2x  4- 

-16 

centers... 

.1.5 

Yellow  pine  2x  4 — 16 

centers.... 

...2.5 

White 

pine  2x  6- 

—12 

centers.... 

..1.7 

Yellow  pine  2x  6 — 12 

centers.... 

...2.8 

White 

pine  2x  6- 

-14 

centers.... 

9 

Yellow  pine  2x  6 — 14 

centers.... 

...3.3 

White 

pine  2x  6- 

-16 

centers..... 

..2.25 

Yellow  pine  2x  6 — 16 

centers.... 

...3.75 

White 

pine  2x  8- 

-12 

centers 

..2.25 

Yellow  pine  2x  S — 12 

centers.... 

...3.75 

White 

pine  2.x  8- 

—14 

centers 

.2.6 

Yellow  pine  2x  8 — 14 

centers.... 

...4.4 

White 

pine  2x  8- 

-16 

centers.... 

.3. 

Yellow  pine  2x  8 — 16 

centers... 

...5. 

White 

pine  2x10- 

—12 

centers.... 

..2.8 

Yellow  pine  2x10 — 12 

centers.... 

...4.7 

White 

pine  2x10- 

—14 

centers.... 

.3.3 

Yellow  pine  2x10 — 14 

centers.... 

...5.5 

White 

pine  2x10- 

-16 

centers.. 

.3.75 

Yellow  pine  2x10 — 16 

centers... 

...6.25 

White 

pine  2x12- 

-12 

centers.... 

..3.4 

Yellow  pine  2x12 — 12 

centers.... 

...5.6 

White 

pine  2x12- 

-14 

centers.... 

..4. 

Yellow  pine  2x12 — 14 

centers.... 

...6.6 

White 

pine  2x12- 

-16 

centers.... 

..4.5 

Yellow  pine  2x12 — 16 

centers.... 

...7.5 

—254— 


Floors. 


Flat  arches  (tile) 
Flat  arches  (tile) 
Flat  arches  (tile) 
Flat  arches  (tile) 
Flat  arches  (tile) 
Brick  arches  4" 
Crete  


Lbs.  per 
Sciuare  Ft. 

3"  thick 17 

4"  thick 18 

6"  thick 25 

8"  thick 31 

10"  thick 35 

thick  and  con- 
70 


Lbs.  per 
Square  Ft. 


Flat  arches  (tile)  12"  thick 39 

Flat  arches  (tile)  14"  thick 43 

Flat  arches  (tile)  16"  thick 49 

Book  tile  2"  thick 15 

Book  tile  3"  thick 17 

Beam  tile  15 


Partitions. 


Lbs.  per 
Squai-e  Ft. 

(lypsum  pai  tition  blocks  3"  thick  10 
Gypsum  partition  blocks  4"  thick  12 
Gypsum  partition  blocks  5"  thick  14 
Gypsum  partition  blocks  6"  thick  16 
Plaster  on  brick,  tile  or  concrete..  5 

Ceiling: 

Lbs.  per 
S(iuare  Ft. 


Lath  and  plaster,  2 coats 9 

Lath  and  plaster,  3 coats 10 

Suspended  ceiling-  10 


Lbs.  per 
Square  ICt. 


Partition  tile  3"  thick 17 

Partition  tile  4"  thick IS 

Partition  tile  6"  thick 25 

Partition  tile  8"  thick 31 

Partition  tile  10"  thick 35 


Slieathing,  Flooring,  Ftc, 

Lbs.  per 
Square  Ft. 

Pine,  Hemlock,  Spruce,  Poplar, 


Redwood,  per  inch  thick 3 

Chestnut,  Maple 4 


Mi.soellaneous  Items. 


While  the  following  items  vary 
given  below  are  fair  averages  and 
putations. 

Lbs.  per 
Square  Ft. 


Iron  stair  construction 50 

Concrete  stair  construction 150 

Wood  stair  construction 20 

Sidewalk  lights  in  concrete 30 


considerably  in  weight,  the  values 
may  be  used  for  preliminary  com- 

Lbs.  per 
Square  Ft. 


Reinforcement  of  concrete 6 

Steel  joists,  per  sq.  ft.  of  fl 6 

Steel  girders,  per  sq.  ft.  of  fl 4 


Contents  of  Storage  Warehouses. 


Allowable 
Weight  Height 
Per  of  Pile 
Material  Cu.  Ft.  in  Ft. 


Groceries,  etc. 


Beans  in  bags 

.40 

8 

Canned  goods,  cases 

.58 

6 

Coffee,  roasted,  in  bags... 

.33 

8 

Coffee,  green,  in  bags 

.39 

8 

Flour,  in  barrels 

.40 

5 

Molasses,  in  barrels 

.48 

5 

Rice,  in  bags 

.58 

6 

Sal  Soda,  in  barrels 

.46 

5 

Salt,  in  bags 

.70 

5 

Soap  powder,  in  cases 

.38 

8 

Starch,  in  barrels 

.25 

6 

Sugar,  in  barrels 

.43 

5 

Sugar,  in  cases 

.51 

6 

Tea,  in  chests 

Wines  and  Liquors,  in 

.25 

8 

bbls 38 

Dry  Good.s,  Cotton,  Wool,  Etc. 

6 

Burlap,  in  bales 

.43 

6 

Coir  Yarn,  in  bales 

Cotton,  in  bales,  com- 

.33 

8 

pressed  

Cotton  Bleached  Goods, 

.18 

8 

in  cases  

..28 

8 

Cotton  Flannel,  in  cases..l2 

8 

Cotton  Sheeting  in  cases 

23 

8 

Cotton  Yarn,  in  cases 

..25 

8 

Excelsior,  compressed... 
Hemp,  Manila,  com- 

..19 

8 

pressed  

..30 

8 

Linen  Goods,  in  cases.... 
Wool,  in  bales,  not 

..30 

8 

compressed  

..13 

8 

Wool,  worsteds,  in  cases 

..27 

8 

Allowable 
Weight  Height 
Per  of  Pile 


Material  Cu.  Ft.  in  Ft. 

Hardware,  Etc. 

Sheet  tin,  in  boxes 278  2 

Wire,  insulated,  copper, 

in  coils  63  5 

Wire,  galvanized  iron, 

in  coils  74  4.5 

Wire,  magnet,  on  spools  75  6 

Drugs,  Paints,  Oils,  Etc. 

Glycerine,  in  cases 52  6 

Linseed  oil,  in  bbls 36  6 

Logwood  extract,  in 

boxes  70  5 

Rosin,  in  bbls 48  6 

Shellac,  gum 38  6 

Soda,  Caustic,  in  iron 

drums  88  3.33 

Soda,  Silicate,  in  bbls....  53  6 

Sulphuric  Acid  60  1,66 

White  Lead  Paste,  in 

cans  174  3.5 

White  lead,  dry 86  4.75 

Lead  Lead  and  Litharge 

Putty,  dry 132  3.75 

Miscellaneous. 

Glass  and  Chinaware, 

in  cases  40  8 

Hides  and  Leather,  in 

bales  20  8 

Paper,  newspaper  and 

strawboard  35  6 

I’aper,  writing  and  cal- 
endared   60  6 

Rope,  in  coils 32  6 


—255— 


SPACE  OCCUPIED  BY  AUTOMOBILES. 
Touring  Cars. 


Length  Height  Width 

13'6" — 20'0"  7'3"  6'0" 

Smallest  practical  door,  S ft.  0 in.  high  by  8 ft.  0 in.  wide.  Alley 
door  should  be  not  less  than  11  ft.  4 in.,  and  should  be  set  not  less  than 
22  ft.  from  opposite  side. 


Hea\y  Trucks. 

Length  Width  Height 

15'0" — 26'0"  6'0"  - lO'O" 

Width  on  floor  between  wheel  pockets,  48  in.  Length  of  wheel 
pocket,  34  in.  Smallest  practical  door,  9 ft.  0 in.  wide  by  11  ft.  0 in. 
high;  for  largest  trucks,  13  ft.  6 in.  high. 

Doors  to  alley  should  not  be  less  than  12  ft.  wide  and  should  be  set 
not  less  than  28  ft.  fi  om  opposite  side  of  alley. 

Moving  Vans. 

Length  Width  Height 

13'0" — 16', 6"  7'0" — 8'2"  lO'O" — 12'0" 

Smallest  practical  door  10  ft.  0 in.  wide  by  13  ft.  6 in.  high. 
Furniture  Dimensions. 

Chairs — Height  of  seat,  18";  depth  of  seat,  19";  top  of  back,  38";  arms, 
9"  above  seat. 

Lounge — 6'  long,  30"  wide. 

Tables — Writing,  height,  2'5";  sideboards,  height,  3'0";  general  height, 
2'6". 

Beds — Single,  width,  3'  to  4';  %-bed,  width  4';  double  bed,  width,  4'6" 
to  5'0";  length  6'6"  to  6'8";  standard  double  bed,  4'6"  x 6'6";  foot- 
boards, 2'6"  to  3'6"  high;  headboards,  5'  to  6'6". 

Bureaus — Common,  width,  3'5"  or  4';  depth  1'6"  or  1'8";  height,  2'6"  or  3'. 
Commodes — Top,  1'6"  square  and  2'6"  high. 

Chiffoniers — 3'  wide,  1'8"  deep,  4'4"  high. 

Cheval  Glasses — Height,  6'4"  or  5'0"  or  5'2";  width  3'2"  or  2'6"  or  1'8". 
Washstands — Length,  3'0";  width,  1*6";  height,  2'7". 

Wardrobes — Length,  4'6";  3'0";  depth,  2'0",  1'5";  height,  8'0". 

Sideboards — Length,  5'  to  6';  depth  2'2". 

Pianos — Upright,  Length,  4'10"  to  5'6";  height,  4'4"  to  4'9;  depth,  2'4". 

Square,  length,  6'8";  depth,  3'4". 

Billiard  Tables — 4'8",  4%'x9';  5'xlO'.  Must  have  16'  x 20'  space. 
Wardrobe  Shelves — 5'10"  high. 

Coat  Hooks — 5'6"  high. 

Flour  Barrel — 28"  to  30"  high  and  20"  to  21"  dia. 

Size  of  the  Billiard  Room,  Gas  Light,  Etc. 

The  space  required  for  the  different  sized  tables  is  as  follows: 

For  table  6 xl2.  Room  should  be  16  x22 

For  table  5^4x11,  Room,  should  be  15^4x21 
For  table  5 xlO,  Room  should  be  15  x20 

For  table  4^x  9,  Room  should  be  14  xl8% 

For  table  4 x 8,  Room  should  be  13  xl7 

For  table  3^4x  7,  Room  should  be  12^4x16 
The  following  directions  for  arranging  the  lights  over  billiard 
tables  will  be  found  useful.  The  distance  of  the  light  from  the  floor 
should  be  about  6 feet  2 in.  For  a 5^4x11  table,  cross-arms  31  in.  and 
long  arms  62  in.  For  a 5x10  table,  the  cross-arms  of  the  pendant 
should  measure,  from  light  to  light,  28  in.  and  the  long  arm  56  in. 
For  a 4^x9  table,  cross-arms  25  in.  and  long  arms  50  in.  For  a 4x8 
table,  cross-arms  22  in.  and  long  arms  44  in. 


Aumber  of  Slates  per  Square. 


Size  in 

Pieces  per 

Size  in 

Pieces  per 

Size  in 

Pieces  per 

Inches 

Square 

Inches 

Square 

Inches 

Square 

6 X 12 

533 

8 X 16.... 

277 

12  X 20 

141 

7 X 12.... 

457 

9 X 16.... 

246 

14  X 20 

121 

8 X 12.... 

400 

10  X 16.... 

221 

11  X 20 

137 

9 X 12.... 

355 

9 X 18.... 

213 

12  X 22 

126 

7 X 14...., 

374 

10  X 18.... 

192 

14'  X 22 

108 

8 X 14.... 

327 

12  X 18.... 

160 

12  X 24 

114 

9 X 14.... 

291 

10  X 20.... 

169 

14  X 24 

98 

10  X 14.... 

261 

11  X 20.... 

154 

16  X 24 

86 

The  weight  of  slate  per  cubic  foot  is  about  174  pounds,  or  per 
square  foot  of  various  thicknesses  as  follows: 

Thickness  in  inches  % 3/16  % % ^ 

Weight  in  pounds 1.81  2.71  3.62  5.43  7.25 

The  weight  per  square  foot  of  roof  tiling,  set  in  iron  or  between 
wood  rafters  ready  for  slating,  is  about  12  pounds. 

—256— 


LOUISVILLE  LUSTER  LASTS 


FROM  FIRST  COAT  TO  FINISH 


LOUISVILLE  VARNISH  COMPANY 

KENTUCKY 

FIXALL  FINISHES 

FOR  FURNITURE  AND  FLOORS 


G,  WALTER  ROSS 
DISTRICT  REPRESENTATIVE 
CABANY  2089 


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Universal  Plate  Mills Universal  Mill  Plates. 


ARCHITECTS 


ENGINEERS  AND  CONTRACTORS 


In  preparation  of  plans  and  specifications  for  new 
buildings,  do  not  fail  to  include  gas  piping,  as 
sooner  or  later  gas  service  is  required  in  practi- 
cally all  buildings. 

We  will  be  pleased  to  send  one  of  our  Engineers 
free  of  charge,  to  consult  with  you  and  to  furnish 
any  information  in  regard  to  installation  problems 
or  proper  appliances. 

It  costs  much  less  to  install  pipes  during 
process  of  building  than  it  does  to 
introduce  them,  afterwards. 


THE  LACLEDE  GAS  LIGHT  COMPANY 

ELEVENTH  AND  OLIVE  STREETS 
Main  48oo  Central  3800 


—260— 


RULES  AND  REGULATIONS 
In  Effect  January  1,  1916 
THE  LACLEDE  GAS  LIGHT  COMPANY 
Eleventh  and  Olive  Streets 


The  following  rules  have  been  approved  by  the  Association  of 
Master  Plumbers  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis: 

All  gas  fitters  are  requested  to  inform  customers  moving  from  one 
location  to  another  to  apply  in  person  at  office  of  the  Company,  or 
in  writing  or  by  phone,  and  arrange  to  have  gas  supply  shut  off  at  old 
location  and  turned  on  at  new  address. 

By  giving  such  notice  the  customer  will  be  protected  against  any- 
one using  gas  in  his  name  at  the  old  location  and  from  becoming 
responsible  for  gas  used  by  former  occupant  of  the  new  location. 

Plumber  must  not  undertake  to  blowout  house  pipes  until  meter 
has  been  disconnected. 


INFORMATION  FOR  ARCHITECTS,  BUILDERS  AND 
PROPERTY'  OWNERS. 

In  preparing  plans  and  specifications  for  piping  new  buildings, 
provision  should  be  made  for,  at  least,  one  illuminating  opening  in 
each  room  and  basement.  Failure  to  provide  adequate  piping  has, 
in  many  instances,  caused  great  expense  to  owners  in  running  addi- 
tional lines  after  the  building  has  been  completed. 

Arrangements  should  be  made  with  the  Gas  Company  for  installa- 
tion of  service,  location  of  meter,  etc.,  as  soon  as  plans  for  building 
are  completed.  This  will  prevent  both  annoyance  and  expense. 

When  alterations  are  contemplated  in  any  building,  the  Gas  Com- 
pany should  be  notified  as  soon  as  the  permit  is  taken  out,  so  that 
arrangements  can  be  made  for  properly  taking  care  of  the  piping  and 
gas  meters. 

Interference  with  meter  or  its  connection  is  positively  prohibited. 

AVliere  alterations  are  made  in  a building,  any  change  necessi- 
tated in  the  location  of  the  meters  or  services  must  be  made  at  the 
expense  of  the  customer  or  owner  of  the  building.  In  case  of  doubt 
as  to  proper  location  of  the  meters  or  services  consult  the  Gas  Com- 
pany. 

Estimate  of  cost  of  changing  location  of  meters  or  services  will  be 
furnished  by  Company  on  request. 

All  piping  should  be  inspected  as  soon  as  possible  after  work  is 
completed,  and  before  lathing  the  building.  It  should  again  be  in- 
spected after  completion  of  the  building,  and  before  fixtures  are 
hung.  When  such  inspections  have  been  made  by  the  Gas  Company’s 
inspectors,  and  the  material  used  and  labor  performed  conforms 
to  the  standard  established  in  the  rules  herein,  the  Gas  Company 
will  on  request  issue  a certificate  of  the  form  shown  herein  on 
page  178. 

If  the  rules  governing  the  sizes  of  pipe  to  be  installed  are  not 
in  any  instance  clearly  understood,  or  if  unusual  conditions  are  met 
with,  not  covered  by  the  rules,  the  Company  should  be  consulted. 

—261— 


APPLICATION  FOR  INSPECTION. 

No 

St.  Louis,  Mo 191 

THE  LACLEDE  GAS  LIGHT  COMPANY  is  hereby  requested  to 
examine  the  gas  piping  and  fittings  and  workmanship  done  by 


gas  fitters,  at  No St., 

and  to  report  to  the  undersigned  whether  the  same  is  gas  tight,  and 
done  in  accordance  with  the  “Gas  Fitters’  Rules,’’  published  by  the 
Gas  Company. 

Cert.  No 


(To  be  signed  by  the  property  owner,  agent,  architect  or  plumber.) 
CERTIFICATE  OF  INSPECTION. 

THE  LACLEDE  GAS  LIGHT  COMPANY, 

11th  and  Olive  Sts. 

No 


St.  Louis,  Mo 


, 191 


This  is  to  certify,  that  at  the  request  of 

the  gas  piping  in  the  building.  No 

has  been  inspected  by  this  Company,  and  found  to  be  tight  and  in 
accordance  with  our  rules. 

THE  LACLEDE  GAS  LIGHT  COMPANY, 


Per. 


Chief  Inspector. 

Inspector 

x\rchitects.  Builders  and  Owners  of  Buildings  are  requested  to 
embody  in  their  specifications  for  gas  fitting,  that  all  work  must  be 
done  in  accordance  with  the  rules  and  regulations  of  The  Laclede 
Gas  Light  Company. 

RULES  GOVERNING  SIZE  and  Length  of  Pii>e  and  Greatest  Num- 
ber of  Openings  allowed  in  PIPING  BUILDINGS  for  Use  of  Gas 

in 


Office  Buildings,  Dwelling  Houses  and  Flats. 


LENGTH  OF  PIPE  IN  FEET 


No.  of  ^-in. 
Outlets 

%-in. 

Pipe 

H-in.  ! 

Pipe 

M-in. 

Pipe 

1-in. 

Pipe 

IK-in. 

Pipe 

H4-in. 

Pipe 

2-in. 

Pipe 

2H-in. 

Pipe 

3-in. 

Pipe 

1 

20 

1 

30  ! 

50 

70 

100 

150 

200 

300 

400 

2 

25  ; 

50 

70 

100 

150 

200 

300 

400 

3 

18  i 

50 

70 

100 

150 

200 

300 

400 

4 

50 

70 

100 

150 

200 

300 

400 

5 

50 

70 

100 

150 

200 

300 

400 

6 

33 

70 

100 

150 

200 

300 

400 

8 

24 

50  ' 

100 

150 

200 

300 

400 

10 

13 

35  ! 

100 

150 

200 

300 

400 

13 

21 

60 

150 

200 

300 

400 

16 

16 

45 

120 

200 

300 

400 

20 

27 

65 

200 

300 

400 

25 

17 

42 

175 

300 

400 

30 

12 

30 

120 

300 

400 

35 

22 

90 

270 

400 

40 

17 

70 

210 

400 

45 

13 

55 

165 

400 

50 

45 

135 

330 

65 

27 

80 

200 

75 

20 

60 

150 

100 

33 

80 

125 

22 

50 

150 

15 

35 

175 

28 

200 

21 

225 

17 

250 

14 

—262— 


RULES  GOVERNING  SIZE  and  Length  of  I^pe  and  Greatest  Num- 
ber of  Openings  allowed  in  PIPING  BUILDINGS  for  Use  of  Gas 

in 

Hospitals,  Schools,  Chiu’ches,  Warehouses  and  Factories. 


LENGTH  OF  PIPE  IN  FEET 


No.  of  J^-in. 
Openings 

H-in. 

Pipe 

M-in. 

Pipe 

1-in. 

Pipe 

1 34-in. 

Pipe 

134-in. 

Pipe 

2-in. 

Pipe 

234-in. 

Pipe 

3-in. 

Pipe 

4-in. 

Pipe 

j 

27 

50 

70 

100 

150 

200 

300 

400 

500 

2 

50 

70 

100 

150 

200 

300 

400 

. 500 

3 

24 

70 

100 

150 

200 

300 

400 

500 

4 

13 

50 

100 

150 

200 

300 

400 

500 

5 

35 

100 

150 

200 

300 

400 

500 

6 

21 

60 

150 

200 

300 

400 

500 

8 

16 

45 

120 

200 

300 

400 

500 

10 

27 

65 

200 

300 

400 

500 

13 

17 

42 

175 

300 

400 

500 

1,5 

12 

30 

120 

300 

400 

500 

18 

22 

90 

270 

400 

500 

20 

17 

70 

210 

400 

500 

' 23 

13 

55 

165 

400 

. 500 

25 

45 

135 

330 

400 

30 

27 

80 

200 

350 

35 

20 

60 

150 

300 

40 

17 

50 

125 

250 

50 

33 

80 

100 

65 

22 

50 

80 

75 

15 

35 

60 

100 

28 

55 

112 

17 

40 

125 

14 

35 

150 

30 

175 

25 

200 

20 

RULES  GOVERNING  SIZE  and  Length  of  Pipe  and  Greatest  Num- 
ber of  Oi>enings  allowed  in  PIPING  BUILDINGS  for  Use  of  Gas 

in 

STORES. 


Size  of  Pipe 

Greatest  Length 
Allowed 

Greatest  No.  34-inch 
Openings  Allowed 

34-inch 

25  feet 

1 opening 

M-inch 

60  feet 

8 openings 

1 -inch 

70  feet 

10  openings 

13€-inch 

100  feet 

20  openings 

134-inch 

150  feet 

35  openings 

2 -inch 

200  feet 

50  openings 

When  piping  stores  for  illuminating  gas,  the  size  of  the  main  run 
must  be  maintained  the  same  throughout  the  entire  run. 

RULES  GOVERNING  THE  SIZE  OF  PIPING. 

In  all  houses  and  flats  containing  five  rooms  and  under,  the  main 
run  to  the  kitchen  for  fuel  must  not  be  less  than  %-inch  in  diameter. 

Houses  and  flats  having  more  than  five  rooms  and  less  than  twelve 
rooms,  the  minimum  size  of  the  main  run  to  the  kitchen  for  fuel 
must  be  1-inch. 

In  residences  having  more  than  twelve  rooms,  the  minimum  size 
run  to  the  kitchen  for  fuel  must  be  li/4-inch. 

Cellar  lines  should  be  hung  from  the  ceilings. 

In  each  case  leave  one  full  size  opening  in  the  kitchen  for  gas 
range,  etc. 

In  figuring  up  the  number  of  openings  to  be  supplied,  use  the  fol- 
lowing relations: 


—263— 


Openings 

Outlets 

%-in.  V2-in. 

%-in. 

1 

3 

1 3 

7 

For  large  buildings,  or  where  unusual  conditions  are  met  with, 
consult  the  Gas  Company, 

All  'fuel  openings  must  rise  from  below.  Cellar  lights  may  be 
taken  off  of  either  fuel  or  illuminating  pipes,  and  need  not  be  con- 
sidered in  figuring  size  of  pipes  to  be  run  in  flats  and  residences. 

For  one  grate  and  one  opening  in  kitchen,  not  less  than  %-inch 
pipe  must  be  used.  Where  tank  water  heater  is  to  be  installed, 
1-inch  pipe  must  be  used  to  the  first  opening. 

Three  grates  and  one  range  may  be  taken  off  of  1-inch  pipe. 

When  more  than  three  grates  and  kitchen  opening  are  taken  off 
of  pipe,  the  minimum  size  must  be  li/4-inch  pipe. 

Always  leave  a i/^-inch  opening  in  bath-room  and  a %-inch  opening 
in  laundry.  They  need  not  be  considered  when  counting  the  number 
of  openings  to  deternLine  the  size  of  pipe. 

In  determining  size  of  riser  in  kitchen,  bath  and  maid’s  room,  in 
openings  need  not  be  counted*. 

No  more  than  one  grate  opening  will  be  allowed  off  of  ^-inch  pipe. 

All  water  heaters  should  be  provided  with  vent  pipe  connected  to 
open  flue. 

All  instantaneous  automatic  water  heaters,  such  as  are  ordinarily 
set  in  basement,  must  be  provided  with  separate  runs,  and  connected 
to  riser.  Size  of  runs  to  be  as  shown  in  following  table: 

Heaters  Having  a 
Consumption  per 

Hour  Between  Length  of  Run  Size  of  Pipe 

Less  than  200  Cu,  ft Not  over  75  feet 1 -in. 

200  to  300  Cu.  ft Not  over  75  feet 1^-in. 

300  to  400  Cu.  ft Not  over  7 5 feet 1^-in. 

400  to  1000  Cu.  ft Not  over  7 5 feet 2 -in. 

1000  to  1500  Cu.  ft Not  over  75  feet 2^-in. 

For  all  water  heaters  of  this  type  the  size  of  the  horizontal  run 
must  in  no  case,  be  less  than  the  size  of  the  opening  in  the  heater, 
and  preferably  should  be  one  size  larger. 

Openings  for  kitchen  appliances  must  extend  3 inches  above  floor 
level,  and  be  2 inches  clear  of  finished  baseboard.  Openings  for  fire- 
place appliances  must  not  project  more  than  1-inch  above  the  finished 
bottom  of  the  fireplace,  and  must  not  be  run  closer  than  6 inches 
from  either  of  the  finished  sides  or  back  of  the  fireplace. 

In  flat  buildings  or  apartment  houses,  where  appliances,  such  as 
laundry  stoves,  dryers,  etc.,  are  installed  for  the  joint  use  of  tenants, 
run  pipe  from  each  meter  location  to  laundry,  and  provide  a header 
with  a lock  cock  for  each  tenant.  A substantial  lock  should  be 
furnished  with  each  lock  cock  and  cock  should  be  locked — closed — 
when  gas  is  not  in  use.  Fasten  securely  to  each  cock  a metal  tag 
with  the  number  of  flat  plainly  marked  thereon. 

In  installations  of  this  character  a Avariiipg  tag  should  be  posted 
in  a conspicuous  place  in  the  laundry,  giving  full  instructions  as  to 
how  the  installation  is  to  be  handled,  and  warning  tenants  to  always 
shut  off  the  gas  and  insert  the  lock  in  the  lock  cock  when  leaving 
the  laundry,  especially  where  tenant  is  vacating  the  premises.  Own- 
ers should  see  that  this  rule  is  rigidly  enforced.  * 

In  large  buildings,  where  foundation  walls  are  of  unusual  thick- 
ness, a way  must  be  provided  for  service  pipe  to  pass  through  walls 
when  the  same  are  being  constructed.  The  preferable  way  would 
be  to  build  a sleeve  of  iron  or  terra  cotta  pipe  in  the  wall  at  the 
point  where  the  service  pipe  is  to  enter  the  building. 

—264— 


Applications  should  he  made  to  the  Superintendent  of  Distribu- 
tion at  the  Gas  Company’s  Main  Office  to  locate  the  point  in  the  wall 
where  the  sleeve  should  be  built  in,  so  that  when  the  service  pipe  is 
run  it  will  pass  through  the  opening  provided  for  it.  In  this  way 
the  damaging  of  the  foundation  walls  and  an  additional  charge  may 
be  avoided. 

The  risers  in  building  must,  in  no  case,  be  less  than  %-inch  pipe, 
and  must,  in  all  cases,  be  run  inside  of  inside  partition,  and  must 
not  extend  lower  than  1 inch  below  the  ceiling  of  a finished  base- 
ment, or  1 ^-inches  below  the  bottom  of  the  first  fioor  joists  in  the 
cellar. 

When  locating  a riser  in  any  building,  the  meter  location  must  be 
borne  in  mind.  In  no  case  will  the  meter  be  set  where  it  is  exposed 
to  frost  or  dampness,  extreme  heat,  or  is  liable  to  injury  from  any 
cause. 

The  character  of  the  building  should  always  be  taken  into  consid- 
eration when  providing  for  meter  locations.  If  the  entire  building 
is  heated,  the  meters  will  be  set  on  the  front  cellar  wall. 

In  stores  where  no  provision  is  made  for  heating  the  basement, 
meter  location  should  be  provided  within  the  store. 

Risers  in  stores  must  not  end  under  deck  or  bulkhead  of  show  win- 
dows, as  meters  will  not'  be  set  there. 

Meter  locations  should  be  provided  so  that  both  meter  and  con- 
nections are  of  easy  access,  in  order  that  the  index  may  be  read.  The 
stop  cock  should  be  so  placed  that  gas  may  readily  be  turned  on 
and  off. 

In  apartment  buildings  it  is  desirable  to  set  meters  in  the  base- 
ment or  in  a room  provided  for  the  purpose.  If  to  be  set  on  the 
different  floors,  locations  should  be  provided  so  that  they  may  be 
accessible  without  entering  the  apartments.  The  Company  reserves 
the  right  to  determine  in  all  cases,  tlie' location  of  the  meters.  When 
locations  are  provided  that  are  not  acceptable  to  the  Company,  the 
necessary  changes  in  piping  will  have  to  be  made  at  the  owner’s 
expense  before  the  meters  are  set. 

In  apartment  buildings  all  risers  must  be  properly  tagged  with 
aluminum  tags  firmly  fastened  to  riser,  each  tag  so  stamped  as  to 
indicate  the  location  in  apartments  supplied. 

An  economical  arrangement  would  be  to  supply  all  apartments 
with  one  meter;  one  person  being  responsible  for  payment  of  bill, 
thus  securing  full  benefit  of  the  lower  gas  rates. 

The  piping  and  fittings  for  the  conveyance  of  gas  within  the  walls 
of  a building,  after  it  has  passed  the  meter  and  meter  connections, 
may  be  put  in  by  any  competent  gas  fitter. 

In  houses  or  buildings  having  no  cellar,  or  where  the  conditions 
in  the  cellar  are  such  as  to  make  it  an  improper  location  in  which 
to  set  meters,  a meter  location  must  be  found  in  one  of  the  rooms 
on  the  first  floor,  but  in  no  case  will  a meter  be  set  in  a room 
used  as  a sleeping  apartment. 

Meters  should  not  be  set  in  an  unventilated  closet  or  in  any  loca- 
tion where  they  are  liable  to  sustain  damage,  as  for  instance,  behind 
a door  or  in  a coal  bin. 

GAS  ENGINES. 


Separate  gas  service  and  run  for  gas  supply  will  be  required 
where,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Gas  Company,  conditions  demand 


such  installations. 
Size  of  Engine 

1 H.  P 

2 H.  P 

5 H.  P i 

10  H.  P 


Size  of  Pipe 

%-inch 

1 -inch 

11/4 -inch 

IV^-inch 


—2*65— 


For  gas  engines  using  more  than  2 50  cu.  ft.  per  hour  and  less 

than  500  cu.  ft.  per  hour,  use  no  pipe  less  than  2 inches  in  diameter, 

where  the  length  of  the  run  is  less  than  60  feet. 

For  gas  engines  using  more  than  500  cu.  ft.  per  hour  and  less 

than  750  cu.  ft.  per  hour,  use  no  pipe  less  than  2i/^-inches  in 
diameter,  where  the  length  of  the  run  is  less  than  60  feet. 

For  gas  engines  larger  than  the  above,  consult  the  Gas  Company. 

It  will  be  necessary  to  furnish  a governing  gas  holder  or  some 
form  of  anti-fluctuator  of  sufficient  size  and  suitable  design  to 
avoid  all  chance  of  causing  a fiuctuation  or  variation  in  the  gas 
pressures  near  where  the  gas  engine  is  installed. 

It  is  advisable,  before  proceeding  with  the  installation  of  a gas 
engine  or  piping  for  same,  that  consultation  first  be  had  with  the 
Gas  Company. 


IMPORTANT. 

Drops  in  double  parlors,  and  large  rooms  in  office  buildings,  must 
not  be  less  than  %-inch. 

Drops  must  not  project  more  than  114  inches  or  less  than  %-inch 
below  ceiling. 

The  running  line  for  stores  must  be  full  size  to  end  of  last  open- 
ing. All  drops  to  be  14-inch,  except  in  show  windows,  where  %-inch 
may  be  used. 

Risers  for  bracket  lights  should  never  be  put  in  place  until  after 
the  studding  for  partition  is  firmly  secured,  and  must  be  rigidly  sup- 
ported and  fastened  by  straps  to  wooden  cleats. 

All  openings  for  wall  brackets  must  be  made  with  drop  ells,  and 
the  wall  outlet  must  project  not  more  than  %-inch,  or  less  than 
%-inch,  and  be  well  fastened  with  straps.  Fastening  with  nails 
will,  in  no  case  be  allowed. 

When  outlets  are  not  in  close  proximity  to  studding,  a notched 
wooden  cross-piece  must  be  securely  fastened  to  studding  to  secure 
same. 

Bracket  outlets  may  raise  from  below  or  drop  from  above.  The 
drop  must  be  securely  fastened,  and  when  located  between  the  joist, 
a notched  wooden  cross-piece  must  be  securely  fastened  to  the  joist 
to  secure  same. 

Fastening  with  nails,  will  in  no  case  be  allowed.  Must  be  tin  or 
iron  straps. 

Pipes  must  be  so  run  and  covered  as  to  be  readily  accessible.  Do 
not  run  them  at  bottom  of  fioor  beams  which  are  to  be  lathed  and 
plastered.  They  must  be  securely  attached  to  the  top  of  the  beams, 
which  should  be  cut  out  as  little  as  possible.  W'here  pipes  are  paral- 
lel to  beams,  they  must  be  supported  by  strips  nailed  between  two 
beams.  These  strips  must  not  be  over  4 feet  apart.  All  cutting  of 
beams  should  be  done  as  near  as  possible  to  the  ends  or  supports 
of  the  beams.  Pipes  must  not  be  laid  beneath  tiled  or  parquet  fioors, 
under  marble  platforms  or  under  hearthstones,  where  it  can  be 
avoided.  Floor  boards  over  pipes  should  be  fastened  down  by  screws, 
so  that  they  can  be  readily  removed. 

Cinder — Concrete  or  any  corrosive  material  will  not  be  permitted 
around  pipes. 

When  the  walls  are  of  masonry,  they  should  be  plugged  and  the 
straps  fastened  to  the  plugs. 

Always  use  fittings  in  making  turns;  do  not  bend  pipe.  Do  not 
use  unions  in  concealed  work — use  right-and-left  couplings.  Long 
runs  of  approximately  horizontal  pipe  must  be  firmly  supported  at 
short  intervals  to  prevent  sagging.  All  horizontal  outlet  pipes  must 
be  taken  from  the  sides  or  tops  of  running  lines,  never  from  below. 

-^266^ 


When  pipes  pass  through  masonry  walls  they  must  be  encased,  the 
gas  pipe  resting  on  the  bottom  of  the  casing  pipe,  with  a.  clearance 
of  V2  in.  on  top. 

The  piping  must  be  entirely  free  from  traps  and  grade  to  riser. 

In  no  case  will  drips  be  allowed. 

Split  pipes  or  fittings  will  not  be  accepted,  even  though  skillfully 
cemented. 

All  openings  in  building  service  must  be  equal  to  the  size  of  the 
riser,  which,  in  no  case,  must  be  less  than  1-inch. 

The  riser  in  any  building  must  not  be  less  than  48  inches  from  the 
floor,  except  by  special  permission  from  the  Gas  Company  inspector. 
Where  meters  are  to  be  set  on  wall,  no  riser  must  be  higher  than  9 
feet  from  floor. 

Building  services  must  be  brought  to  point  in  building  as  desig- 
nated by  Gas  Company,  and  within  18  inches  of  wall  or  partition.  In 
all  cases  where  building  service  is  used,  provide  header  with  an 
opening  for  each  riser.  Where  risers  are  in  groups,  they  must  not 
be  less  than  10  inches  apart,  and  service  openings  must  not  be  less 
than  14  inches  apart. 

In  all  cases  where  extensions  are  made,  care  must  be  taken  to 
break  pipe  where  the  rule  for  size  can  be  maintained,  and  in  no 
case  must  extension  be  made  from  small  pipes. 

Underground  work  by  gas  fitters  between  main  and  meter  will 
not  be  allowed  or  accepted. 

Where  line  is  extended  underground,  as  for  instance,  to  supply  a 
garage,  galvanized  pipe  must  be  used  and  pipe  must  be  run  in  a 
straight  line.  Care  must  be  taken  that  underground  piping  shall 
not  be  surrounded  by  any  corrosive  substance  such  as  cinders,  and 
should  be  drained  to  an  accessible  location.  No  underground  pipes 
shall  be  laid  having  a diameter  of  less  than  one  inch. 

Underground  gas  piping  should  be  laid  in  separate  trench  from 
other  conduit. 

To  avoid  complications,  gas  fitters  should  consult  the  Company 
before  locating  risers  in  corner  buildings. 

Hotels,  boarding  house,  restaurant  and  industrial  installations, 
should  be  considered  special  and  Gas  Company  should  be  consulted 
in  connection  therewith. 

The  tables  given  are  sufficient  to  cover  almost  any  case  that  may 
arise,  but  it  is  advisable  for  architects,  builders  and  others  installing 
piping  systems  to  confer  with  the  Gas  Company  on  all  installations 
in  large  buildings. 

All  tests  will  be  made  with  an  air  pressure  of  6 pounds  to  the 
square  inch  on  a spring  gauge,  or  12  inches  of  mercury  on  a mercury 
gauge. 

Fixtures  should  be  made  to  withstand  an  air  pressure  of  3 pounds 
to  the  square  inch  on  a spring  gauge,  or  6 inches  of  mercury  on 
a mercury  gauge.  They  should  be  tested  in  place  with  a pressure  of 
8 inches  of  water. 

Pipe  will  not  be  tested  until  securely  fastened  in  position  and  all 
outlets  are  provided  with  iron  caps. 

All  drops  to  be  bent  or  offset. 

Double  bracket  strips  will  be  counted  as  one  opening  if  not  more 
than  10  feet  of  pipe  is  used  in  the  horizontal  run  to  such  bracket 
strips.  The  two  openings  off  of  such  bracket  strips  will  be  counted 
as  one  outlet. 

A tee  shall  be  installed  at  the  bottom  of  every  riser,  located  about 
2 inches  below  the  joist  and  left  so  as  to  be  accessible  for  clean- 
ing pipes. 


—267— 


The  cap  shall  be  omitted  from  bottom  of  riser  and  all  tests  of 
piping  shall  be  made  from  that  point.  But  all  outlets  in  the  entire 
system  of  piping,  with  this  exception,  must  be  properly  closed  by 
the  fitter,  as  the  Gas  Company  will  not  supply  caps  or  plugs  for 
this  purpose. 

The  riser  must  be  brought  to  within  6 feet  of  the  location  of  the 
meter. 

This  Company’s  fitters  are  prohibited  from  doing  any  fitting  work 
not  ordered  from  the  Company’s  office.  Inspectors  are  not  expected 
to  count  the  openings  on  building  plans,  but  to  inspect  only  the 
piping  installed. 

In  inspecting  piping,  the  Company’s  Inspectors  are  to  notify  the 
Master  Plumber  in  charge  of  the  building,  in  connection  with  any 
changes  required  in  piping.  This  Company’s  inspectors  will  state 
cause  for  rejecting  piping  by  addressing  a written  communication 
to  the  Master  Plumber.  If  defects  are  not  remedied  in  four  days 
after  Company  has  notified  Master  Plumber,  then  the  Company  will 
take  up  the  matter  with  the  owner. 

Master  Plumbers  agree  to  Inform  this  Company,  when  ready  to 
have  piping  tested,  on  postal  cards  to  be  furnished  by  the  Company. 

OLD  BOLDIXGS. 

The  foregoing  rules  for  new  buildings  are  applicable  for  old 
buildings  wherever  practicable,  but  it  will  be  permissible  to  connect 
fuel  appliances  to  an  opening  on  a pipe  which  comes  from  above, 
providing  the  size  of  piping  is  sufficiently  large  to  supply  the  appli- 
ance. 

There  should  always  be  as  a minimum  a %-incli  outlet  left  in  the 
kitchen. 


CONNECTING  APPLIANCES. 

Fitters  are  particularly  requested  to  see  that  all  gas-burning 
appliances  are  connected  solid,  wherever  practicable,  with  iron  pipe, 
but  portable  gas  appliances  may  be  connected  with  fiexible  tubing 
and  connections  which  have  been  approved  by  the  Gas  Company. 

THESE  RULES  *\RE  vSCRJECT  TO  CILINGE. 

This  Company  reserves  the  right  to  alter,  amend  or  revoke  these 
rules,  as  may,  from  time  to  time,  appear  to  be  for  the  best  interests 
of  its  patrons. 

All  gas  fitters’  rules  heretofore  issued  by  this  Company  are  hereby 
revoked. 

Copies  of  these  rules  will  be  furnished  on  request  at  the  office  of 
the  Company. 


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C LASS  I F I E D 


LIST  OF 


ADVERTISERS 


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ADVERTISING  (OUTDCMDR) 

CUSACK,  THOMAS  CO.,  St.  Louis, 

21st  and  Wash  Streets Bmont. 

ST.  LOUIS  POSTER  ADVERTISING  CO., 

631  S.  6th  Street Olive 

AUTOMOBILES 

FRYE  MOTOR  CAR  CO., 

3333  Locust  Street '5mont. 


1900, 

3815. 


Page 


. Cen. 
.Cen. 


7390. 

116. 


.110 

110 


5 s 


■ Cen.  1008 162 


BITTEL-LEFTWICH  TIRE  SER\TCE  CO., 

Grand  and  Lindell  Avenues 

GELLER,  WARD  AND  HASNER  HDW.  CO., 


HARRY,  O.  K.,  STEEL  CO., 


ASHPITS 


.Lin. 

5700. . 

...Cen.  5747.. 

. . .154 

“t: 

X 

3500. . 

. . .Ckn.  9900. . , 

, . .162 

O 

•Grand 

815.. 

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ASSOCIATIONS 

BRICK  MANUFACTURERS’  ASSN., 

Wright  Bl 

BUILDING  TRADES  COUNCIL, 

2651  Locust  Street ' Bmont.  .'BiS Cen. 

MOVING  PIC.  FILM  SERX’ICE  E.XCl I.\NGFS, 

List  of  Members../ 

ST.  LOUIS  DYERS  AND  CLEANERS’  .\SSN.  (j.  L.  CORI.EY,  Secy.;, 

Fullerton  Bl '1.\in  774  

ST.  LOUIS  ELECTRICAL  CONTR.U' l ORS’  .\SSN., 

Century  Bl Oi.ive  2935 Cen. 

ST.  LOUIS  LAUNDRYMEN’S  CLUB 


586 . 


. ‘-26 
, 1.36 
148 
. 164 


653(1. 


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AWNINGS 

DOUGHERTY  BROS.  TENT  AND  AWNING  CO., 

114  S.  4th  Street 

MISSOURI  TENT  AND  AWNING  CO., 

2202-2208  Pine  Street 

MORRISON  TENT  AND  AWNING  CO., 


Page 


BANKS 

CENTRAL  NATIONAL  BANK, 

305  N.  7th  Street 

MERCANTILE  TRUST  COMPANY, 

8th  and  Locust  Streets 

MERCHANTS-LACLEDE  NATIONAL  BANK, 

4th  and  Locust  Streets 

MISSISSIPPI  VAIJ.EY  TRUST  CO., 


BEDS 

MURPHY  DOOR  BED  COMPANY, 

Chemical  Bl 

BLUE  PRINTS 

ALOE,  A.  S.,  CO., 

513  Olive  Street 

ST.  LOUIS  BLUE  PRINT  AND  SUPPLY  CO., 


473. . . 

. .Cen. 

1099. . . 

Bmont. 

116.  . , 

. . .Cen. 

40.  . . 

288.  . 

. . .Cen. 

949. . . 

5040. . 

. . . Cen. 

721 

, . .122 

Main 

1583. . 

CO 

01 

,..54 

Main 

5465 . . 

. . .Cen. 

1695. . . 

, . .122 

4340. . , 

3306. . , 

, . .122 

Olive 

6413. . 

. . .Cen. 

5028. . . 

, . .114 

BONSACK  MACHINERY  CO., 

Boatmen’s  Bank  Bl 

HEINE  SAFETY  BOILER  CO., 


BOILERS 


NOOTER,  JOHN,  BOILER  WORKS  CO., 

1400  S.  2nd  Street 

O’BRIEN,  JOHN,  BOILER  CO., 


RUEMMELI-DAWLEY  MEG.  CO.,  THE, 


Olive 

4390. . . 

. .Cen. 

4700. . . 

. . 4 

Olive 

5748. . . 

. . Cen. 

2007. . . 

. . 4 

Olive 

1315. ,. 

.Colfax 

410. . . 

596. . . 

. .238 

Olive 

1531.  . . 

. .Cen. 

2379-R. 

. .238 

Tyler 

394.  . . 

. .Cen. 

332.  . . 

. .238 

.Grand 

2436. . . 

..Vic. 

2700.  . . 

. .238 

BOILER  REPAIRS 

ACME  BOILER  AND  SHEET  IRON  CO., 


NOOTER,  JOHN,  BOILER  WORKS  CO., 

1400  S.  2nd  Street 

O’BRIEN,  JOHN,  BOILER  CO., 


_ RUEMMELI-DAWLEY  MEG.  CO.,  THE, 


2012. . , 

. . .Cen. 

1762. . . 

. Olive 

1531. . . 

. . .Cen. 

2379-R. 

. .238 

.Tyler 

394.  . , 

. . .Cen. 

332. . . 

. .238 

.Grand 

G 

CO., 

2436. . 

2700. . . 

. .238 

1110.  . , 

1182. . . 

. . 32 

BLACK,  JAMES,  MASONRY  AND  CONSTRUCTION  CO., 

Wright  Bl Main  2080 

KIEL  AND  DAUES  BRICKLAYING  AND  CONTRACTING  CO., 

2621  Clark  Avenue Bmont.  2961 Cen. 

SCHMITT,  FRED  AND  CO.,  CONTRACTORS, 

5912  Von  Versen  Avenue Cab’ny  1809 Del. 

WEBER.  ALBERT,  BRICKLAYING  AND  TUCKPOINTING, 

1317  N.  20th  Street Cen. 

BRICK  MANUFACTURERS 

BRICK  MANUFACTURERS’  ASSN., 


455. 

1537. 

5527. 


od 


Wright  Bl. 


BRICK  MANUFACTURERS  (FIRE) 

—ii.  LACLEDE-CHRISTY  CLAY  PRODUCTS  CO., 

CO  Manchester  and  Sulphur  Avenues ('irand  2800 Vic. 

O WALSH  FIRE  CLAY  PRODUCTS  CO., 

m 4070  N.  Main  Street Tyler  3030 Cen. 

_ BUILDERS  (RAILROAD) 

CO  CONNOR,  THOMAS  AND  SONS, 

CD  Greensburg,  Pa.,  Bankers  Trust  Bl 


1835 38 

3030 84 


22 


BUILDING  MATERIAL 

BEFFA,  ANTON  AND  SON.S. 

Jefferson  and  O’ Fallon  Streets 

CONCRIITE  STEEL  FIREPROOFING  CO., 

3951  Duncan  Avenue Olive 


. .Bmont.  1469 Cen. 

4283 Del. 


5739 94 

1644-R...  56 


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KENNEDY,  HARRY  C., 

953  Century  Bl 

NATIONAL  LUMBER  COMPANY, 

Jefferson  and  Lucas  Avenues 

NATIONAL  WRECKING  AND  SUPPLY  CO., 

1220  N.  Jefferson  Avenue 

ST.  LOUIS  LIME  AND  CEMENT  CO., 

Odd  Fellows  Bl 

SCHAEFER  BROTHERS  BUILDING  SUPPLIE 

4024  Easton  Avenue 

WIDMER  ENGINEERING  CO., 

Century  Bl 


Olive 

1919. . . 

. .Cen. 

367.  . . 

. . 46 

Bmont. 

103. . . 

4602. . . 

..  82 

Bmont. 

158. . . 

5026 . . . 

. . 94 

Olive 

1110. . 

. . .Vic 

1753  . . 

. . 66 

s, 

, Ll  N. 

159.  . 

Del 

1556. . . 

. . 24 

Olive 

6270. . 

..  52 

BUILDINGS  (OFFICE) 

BOATMEN’S  BANK  BUILDING., 

Broadway  and  Olive  Street 

CENTURY  BUILDING  (E.  A.  KENNEDY,  Manager) 

Ninth-Olive-Locust  Streets Mai 

CHEMICAL  BUILDING  CO.  (ISAAC  T.  COOK), 

8th  and  Olive  Streets Main 

PIERCE  BUILDING, 

4th  and  Pine  Streets ^^Iain 

SECURITY  BUILDING, 

4th  and  Locust  Streets Main 

SYNDICATE  TRUST  BUILDING  (E.  A.  KENNEDY,  Manager; 

Tenth-Olive-Locust  Streets Mai 

WRIGHT  BUILDING  CO.  (ISAAC  T.  COOK), 

8th  and  Pine  Streets Olive 

CABINET  WORK 

GRAVOIS  PLANING  MILL, 

Minnesota  and  Juniata  Street Sidney 

MECHANICS  PLANING  MILL, 

3742  N.  Broadway Tv 


Olive 

5270 

.Cen.  2100.  . . 

. .128 

iger). 

1735 

.Cen.  377-R. 

. .120 

2998 

. Cen.  1 036 . . . 

. .128 

3267 

.Cen.  5329... 

. .128 

2243 

. Cf.n.  1 093  . . . 

. .128 

EDY,  Manager;, 

1735 

.Cen.  377-R. 

. .126 

.Olive 

3470. . . . 

.Cen.  6233. . . 

. .128 

IK 

107 

.Vic.  1147... 

. .120 

. Tyler 

205 

.Cen.  4028... 

Index 

CASTINGS 

CARONDELET  FOUNDRY  CO., 

2123  S.  Kingshighway Grand  OOO 132 

MORE-JONES  BRASS  AND  METAL  CO., 

Broadway  and  Dock  Street Tyler  3180 Cen.  4 046 132 

CABLES  (ELEVATOR) 

LESCHEN,  A.,  AND  SONS  ROPE  CO., 

920-922  N.  Main  Street Main  3762 Cen.  3311  24  0 


CEILINGS 

WIDMER  ENGINEERING.  CO., 

Century  Bl Olive  6270 02 

CEMENT 

ACME  CEMENT  PLASTER  CO., 

Frisco  Bl Main  5125 Cen.  2768 34 

HUNKINS-WILLIS  LIME  AND  CEMENT  CO., 

Century  Bl Main  3365 Cen. -31  41 34 

MERAMEC  PORTLAND  CEMENT  AND  MATERIAL  CO., 

Syndicate  Trust  Bl Olive  5727 Vic.  130 66 

ST.  LOUIS  LIME  AND  CEMENT  CO., 

Odd  Fellows  Bl Olive  1110 Vic.  1735 66 

ST.  LOUIS  MATERIAL  AND  SUPPLY  CO., 

Elm  Street  and  Frisco  Tracks Wf.bster  654 Cen.  1105 34 

UNION  SAND  AND  MATERIAL  CO., 

International  Life  Bl Main  3980 Vic.  447 66 

CEMENT  AND  BRICKLAYING  TOOLS 

CRESCENT  TOOL  MFG.  CO., 

1002  Cass  Avenue Tyler  862 

CHIMNEYS  (CONCRETE,  HARD  CLAY,  STEEL) 

WIEDERHOLDT  CONSTRUCTION  CO., 

Bank  of  Commerce  Bl Olive  1 400 100 


CHUTES  (GRAVITY) 

MINNESOTA  MANUFACTURERS’  ASSN.  (G.  A.  LINK,  Sup.  Co.  Agl.), 

7 S.  2nd  Street 

SMITH,  GEO.  F.,  « 

Franklin  and  Channing  Avenues Bmont.  384 Cen.  0230 94 

STAR  HEATING  AND  AMERICAN  FIRE  ESCAPE  CO„ 

2941  Forest  Park  Bl Lin.  1 1 38- ^ De;..  77 192 


■271' 


FAMILY  COAL  and  COKE  a Specialty  PHONFS  Main  3700 

General  Office:  314  North  Fourth  Street  Central  3605 


FAMILY  COAL  and  COKE  a Specialty  PHONF<^  Main  3700 

General  Office:  314  North  Fourth  Street  ^ Central  3605 


COAL 


Page 


DOXK  BROTHERS  COAL  COMPANY. 

314  N.  4th  Street Main 

ATLLIS  COAL  & MIXING  CO.. 

Fullerton  Bl Main 

COMPRESSORS  (AIR) 

BOXSACK  MACHINERY  CO., 

Bo.atmen’s  Bank  Bl Olive 

CONCRETE  MIXERS 

BOXSACK  MACHINERY  CO., 

Boatmen’s  Bank  Bl Olive 

SMITH,  GEO.  F., 

Franklin  and  Channing  Avenues Bmont. 

^ELXICKER  SUPPLY  CO., 

325  Locust  Street Olive 


3700 Cen. 

293 Cen. 


3605. . .Index 
1662 242 


1315. 

1315. 

384. 

3910. 


.Cen. 


134 

6236 94 

94 


CONTRACTORS  (CONCRETE) 

I’, RIGHT,  JAMES  II.,  COXTR.  & BLDG.  CO., 

Title  Guaranty  Bl Main  1267 

COLLAPSIBLE  JOIST  FORM  CO., 

K.ansas  City.  Missouri,  Finance  Bl 

DREES  BUILDING  & CONTRACTINI',  CO., 

Houser  Bl Cen. 

DUFFNER  & STECKER  COXSTR.  CO., 

International  Life  Bl Cen. 

FRUIX-COLXOX  CONTRACTING  CO., 

Laclede  Bl Main  2598 Cen. 

GATES,  A.  D..  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

4864  Theodosia  Avenue Forest  2184 Cen. 

GILSONITE  CONSTRUCTION  CO., 

Wainwright  Bl Main 

(IREWE.  JOHN.  CONSTRUCTION  CO.. 

Century  Bl Olive 

HAESELER,  a.  H.,  BLDG.  & CONTR.  Co., 

Watnwright  Bl Mai  n 

hall-mackay  construction  CO., 

Chemical  Bl Main 

HARVEY-BURDEN  CONSTRUCTION  CO.. 

Chemical  Bl Olive 

LLOYD.  HIRAM.  BLD(;.  &•  COXSTR.  CO.. 

O DD  Fellows  B l M a i n 

McCORMACK,  CHAS  B.,  & SONS, 

Columbia  Bl . Main 

PROTHEROE  CONSTRUCTION  CO., 

Merchants-Laclede  Bl Olive 

RIECHERS,  CU^\S.  P.,  CON.  & BLDR., 

2820  St.  Louis  Avenue Cen. 

ST.  LOUIS  CONTRACTING  CO., 

4425  Clayton  Avenue Forest  1540 Del. 

SCHMITT,  FRED  & CO., 

5912  Von  Versen  Avenue Cab’ny  1809 Del. 

SELDEN-BRECK  CONSTRUCTION  CO., 

Fullerton  Bl Main 

SUTHERLAND.  \Y.  M.,  P.LDG.  & CONTR.  CO., 

Syndicate  Trust  Bl Main 

\YELSCH,  C.  A.,  CONSTRUCTION  CO.. 

Central  National  Bank  Bl Mai.v 

WOERMANN  CONSTRUCTION  CO., 

Century  Bl Olive 


35 Cen. 

5737 Cen. 

1978 Cen. 

4579 Cen. 

264 Cen. 

2257 Cen. 

4362 Cen. 

2545 . 


1858. 

1569. 

1887. 

5294. 

904. 

4394. 

2252. 

774. 

2140. 

2175. 

702. 


Cen. 
Cen. 
, Cen. 


CO 


3010. 

5348 . 

2349. 

719 

CONTRACTORS  (ELECTRICAL) 

DENNISON,  \VM.  S..  ELECTRICAL  CO., 

Syndicate  Trust  Bl Olive  4106 

ST.  LOUIS  ELECTRICAL  CONTRS.  ASSN., 

Century  Bl C)live  2935.  ..  . .Cen. 

\YURDACK,  \YTLLIAM,  ELECTRIC  CO.. 

21  S.  11th  Street Olive  3457 Cen. 

CONTRACTORS’  EQUIPMENT 

.Olive  315 

.Bmont.  384 Cen. 

.Olive  3910 


6158. 

697. 

1537. 

3174. 

214. 

1015. 


124 

6530 124 

3976 134 


SEARS  & PIOU, 

Wright  Bl 

SMITH,  GEO.  F.. 

Franklin  and  Channing  .Avenues 
ZELNICKER  SUPPLY  CO., 

325  Locust  Street 


6236. 


—272— 


.Cen. 
. Cen. 


CONTRACTORS (GENERAL) 

ABRAHAMS,  SOL.,  & SONS,  CONSTR.  CO., 

Chemical  Bl Olive  1852. 

AETNA  BRICKLAYING  & CONSTR.  CO., 

Odd  Fellows  Bl Olive  1110. 

BLACK,  JAMES,  MASONRY  & CONSTR.  CO., 

Wright  Bl .Main  2080 

BRIGHT,  JAMES  H.,  CONTR.  & BLDG.  CO., 

Title  Guaranty  Bl Main  1267 

CONNOR,  THOMAS  & SONS 

Greensburg,  Pa.,  Bankers’  Trust  I!l. 

CUNCLIFF,  CHARLES,  CONTRACTOR, 

Title  Guaranty  Bl Olive  5128 

DREES  BLDG.  & CONTR.  CO., 

Houser  Bl Cen. 

DUFFNER  & STECKER  CONSTR.  CO., 

International  Life  Bl Cen. 

EVANS,  DAN’L.,  CONSTRUCTION  CO., 

Odd  Fellows  Bl Olive  1729 

FRUIN-CONLON  CONTRACTING  CO., 

Laclede  Bl Main  2598 Cen.-  1881 

GATES,  A.  D.,  CONSTRUCTION  CO., 


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1182 .32 

28 

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1858 28 

1569 22 


GERHARD,  E.  C.,  BLDG.  CO., 

Victoria  Bl 

GILSONITE  CONSTRUCTION  CO., 

Wainwright  Bl 

GREWE,  JOHN,  CONSTRUCTION  CO., 

Century  Bl 

HAESLER,  A.  H„  BLDG.  & CONTR.  CO. 

Wainwright  Bl 

HALL-MACKAY  CONSTRUCTION  CO., 


2184. . , 

. . .Cen. 

5294 . 

621  . . 

35.  . 

904. 

5737.  . , 

. . .Cen. 

4394. 

1978. . , 

2252. 

4579. . 

774. 

HOFFMAN  CONTRACTING  CO., 

Globe-Democrat  Bl Cen.  1642. 

KIEL  & DAUES  BRICKLAYING  & CONTR.  CO., 

' 2621  Clark  Avenue Bmont.  2961  Cen.  455. 

LLOYD,  HIRAM.  BLDG.  & CONSTR.  CO., 

Odd  Fellows  Bl Main  2257 Cen.  2175. 

McCORMACK,  CHAS.  B.,  & SON,  CONTRS., 

Columbia  Bl Main  4362 Cen.  702. 

MYERS  CONSTRUCTION  CO., 

Merchants-Laclede  Bl Main  1081 Cen.  3284. 

NATIONAL  WRECKING  & SUPPLY  CO., 

1220-1228  N.  Jefferson  Avenue Hmont.  158 Cen.  5026. 

RIECHERS,  CHAS  P.,  CONTR.  & BLDR., 

2820  St.  Louis  Avenue Cen  6158. 

SEI.DEN-BRECK  CONSTRUCTION  CO.. 

Fullerton  Bl Main  3010 Cen. 

SKR.-MNKA  CONSTRUCTION  CO., 

Security  Bl Main  877 Cen. 

SUTHERLAND,  W.  M.,  BLDG.  & CONTR.  CO., 

Syndicate  Trust  Bl Main  5348 Cen.  214. 

TAYLOR-HYATT  & CO., 

Third  National  Bank  Bl Olive  4548 

WELSCH,  C.  A.,  CONSTRUCTION  CO., 

Central  National  Bank  Bl Main  2349 Cen.  1015. 

WOERMANN  CONSTRUCTION  ('O., 

Century  Bl Oi.i\e  719 

DOORS 

IMSE-SCHILLING  SASH  & DOOR  CO., 

21st  and  Papin  Streets Mai.v  18Q Vic.  204. 

MECHANICS  PLANING  MILL, 

3742  N.  Broadway Tyler  2(  i Cen.  4028. 

DOORS  (FIRE) 

MESKER  BROTHERS  IRON  CO., 

421  S.  6th  Street Main 

POWERS  & BOYD  CORNICE  & ROOl'lNG  CO., 

3614  Laclede  Avenue Lin. 

DOORS  (HARDWOOD  AND  VENEER) 
THEILING-OTHMANN  MFG.  CO., 

3810  N.  9th  Street Tyler  2137 

DYERS  AND  CLEANERS 

ST.  LOUIS  DYERS  & CLEANERS  ASS’N.,  J.  L.  Corley,  Sec’y. 

Fullerton  Bl Main  774.... 

ELECTRICAL  MANUFACTURERS 

WURDACK,  WILLIAM,  ELECTRIC  CO., 

21  S.  Uth  Street 


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214 78 


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861  . 
353 . 


Del.  1198. 


Cen.  2686. 


164 


Olive  3157 Cen.  3976, 


,134 


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Greensburg.  Pa.,  Bankers’  Trust  Bl. 

WARREN  BROTHERS  COMPANY, 

Railway  Exchange  Bl Main  4063 90 

CONVEYORS  (GRAVITY) 

MINNESOTA  MFRS.  ASSN.,  (G.  A.  Link,  Sup.  Co.  Agt.), 

7 S.  2nd  Street Cen.  4402 13S 

COPING  (VITRIFIED  WALL  AND  CHIMNEY) 
LACLEDE-CHRISTY  CLAY  PROD.  CO., 

Manchester  and  Sulphur  Avenues Grand  2800 Vic.  1835... 

ST.  LOUIS  CLAY  PRODUCTS  CO., 

Third  National  Bank  Bl Olive  1004 Cen.  1264... 

WITTKER  HDWE.  & CONTRS.  SUP.  CO., 

2348  N.  Market  Street Tyler  313 Cen.  5257... 

CORNICES 

POWERS  & BOYD  CORNICE  & ROOFING  CO., 

3614  Laclede  Avenue Lin.  353 Del.  1198... 

SIDLER,  B.,  & CO., 

1823-25  N.  Taylor  Avenue Del.  681-R. 

WELLSTON  CORNICE  WORKS, 

6222  Easton  Avenue Cab’ny  4177 


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DECORATORS 

DOELLNER  PAINTING  CO., 

107  N.  12th  Street Olive 


1169 Cen.  3489. 


ELEVATORS 

AMERICAN  ELECTRIC  MACHINE  & ELEVATOR  CO., 

1706  N.  12th  Street Tyler*  1480 Cen. 

FEDERAL  ELE\L\TOR  CO., 

1706  N.  12th  Street Tyler  1480 Cen. 


ELEVATOR  REPAIRS 

O -s  AMERICAL  ELECTRIC  MACHINE  & ELEVATOR  CO. 


900. 

900. 


u 


,244 

,214 


1706  N.  12th  Street Tyler  1480 Cen.  900 244 


^ ^ ENGINEERS  (CIVIL) 

c5  — TAXIS,  FREDERICK  C., 

j Victoria  Bl Olive  1579. 

< 'o  ENGINEERS  (CONCRETE) 

P § BLACK,  JAMES,  MASONRY  & CONSTR.  CO., 

^ O Wright  Bl Main  2080. 

^ - GATES,  A.  D.,  CONSTRUCTION  CO., 

£ 4864  Theodosia  Avenue Forest  2184. 

^ ^ KNIGHT,  W.  J.,  & CO., 

2 ^ Wainwright  Bl Olive  1192. 

< O SEARS  & PIOU, 

li,  Wright  Bl Olive  315. 

TAXIS,  FREDERICK  C., 

Victoria  Bl Olive  1579. 

WIDMER,  A.  J., 

Century  Bl Olive  6270. 

WIDMER  ENGINEERING  CO., 

Century  Bl Olive  6270. 

ENGINEERS  (CONSULTING) 

CD  KNIGHT,  W.  J.,  & CO., 

^ ^ Wainwright  Bl Olive  1192. 

O’REILLY,  ANDREW  J., 

2207  S.  Grand  Avenue C.rand  27. 

OO  TAXIS,  FREDERICK  C., 

Victoria  Bl Olive  1579. 

-CS  WIDMER,  A.  J., 

Century  Bl Olive  6270. 


62 


28 


.Cen.  5294 74 

60 


,Vic. 


ENGINEERS  (CONTRACTING) 

UNIT  CONSTRUCTION  CO., 

" Title  Guaranty  Bl Olive  3965 Cen.  96. 

Sg  ENGINEERS  (HEATING  AND  VENTILATING) 

ELLIOTT  & BARRY  ENGINEERING  CO., 

3Q  1426  Olive  Street Olive  242 Cen.  5320. 

EXCAVATORS 

£ CARROLL  CONTR.VCTING  CO., 

Navarre  Bi Oi  ive  981 

SCHAEFER  BROTHERS,  BUILDERS  SUPPLIES, 

4024  Easton  Avenue Lin.  159. 

—274— 


48 

62 

54 

54 


,192 


Del.  1556 24 


FENCES  (IRON) 

CENTRAL  WIRE  & IRON  WORKS. 

813  S.  7th  Street Olive 

MESKER  BROTHERS  IRON  CO., 

421  S.  6th  Street Main 

FIRE  APPARATUS 

ROBINSON  FIRE  APPARATUS  MFG.  CO., 

4268  N.  20th  Street Tyler 

FIRE  APPLIANCES 

ROBINSON  FIRE  APPARATUS  MFG.  CO., 

4268  N.  20th  Street Tyler 

FILM  SERVICE 

MOTION  PICTURE  FILM  SERVICE  EXCHANGES, 

FIRE  ESCAPES 


Page 

3158 Cen.  6838 70 

861 80 

1178 Cen.  5023 114 

1178 Cen.  5023 114 

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CENTRAL  WIRE  & IRON  WORKS, 

813  S.  7th  Street Olive 

LASAR  MFG.  CO., 

1313  N.  16th  Street Tyler 

STAR  HEATING  & AMERICAN  FIRE  ESCAPE  CO. 
3941  Forest  Park  Bl Lin. 

FIREPROOFING 

Main 


ACME  CEMENT  PLASTER  CO, 
Frisco  Bl 


FIXTURES 

AHRENS  & OTT  MFG.  CO!, 

810  N.  2nd  Street Main 

NATIONAL  REFRIGERATOR  & FIX.  CO.. 

8th  and  Park  Avenue Main 

FOUNDATIONS 

ELLIOTT,  JOHN  F., 

Boyle  and  Wabash  Tracks 

ST,  LOUIS  CONTRACTING  CO., 

4425  Clayton  Avenue Forest 

SCHAEFER  BROTHERS,  BUILDERS  SUP., 

4024  Easton  Avenue Lin. 


FUEL  OIL 

indiahoma  refining  CO., 

Federal  Reserve  Bank  Bl Olive 

PIERCE  OIL  CORPORATION, 

1301  Gratiot  Street Main 

STANDARD  OIL  CO., 

Syndicate  Trust  Bl Olive 

FURNACE  REPAIRS 
WELLSTON  CORNICE  WORKS, 

6222  Easton  Avenue Cab'ny  4177 88 


3158. . . 

6838. . . 

. . . 70 

118. . , 

118. . . 

. . .244 

1138. . 

77.  . , 

. . .192 

5125.  . . 

2768. . . 

. . 34 

300. . , 

. . .Cen. 

3340. . , 

. . .170 

232. . , 

. . .Cen. 

286. . , 

, . .140 

145. . . 

1540. . , 

697. . . 

, . . 72 

159.  . . 

, . . Del. 

1556. . . 

, . . 24 

5783.  . . 

, . .Cen. 

2641. . . 

195.  . . 

610. . . 

, . .154 

2675. . . 

, . .Cen. 

7298. . . 

, . .160 

GARAGES  (STEEL) 


HARRY,  O.  K.,  STEEL  CO., 


GASOLINE 

BITTEL-LEFTWICH  TIRE  SERVICE  CO., 

Grand  and  Lindell  Avenues 

INDIAHOMA  REFINING  CO., 

Federal  Reserve  Bank  Bl 

PIERCE  OIL  CORPORATION, 


STANDARD  OIL  CO., 


GLASS 


CAMPBELL  GLASS  & PAINT  CO., 

816  N.  7th  Street 

CONDIE-BRAY  GLASS  & PAINT  CO. 

Broadway  and  Benton  Street 

MISSISSIPPI  GLASS  CO„ 

4070  N.  Main  Street 

PITTSBURGH  PLATE  GLASS  CO., 


.Grand 

815.  . 

. . .Vic. 

1215.  . 

. . .154 

.Lin. 

5700. . 

5747. . , 

, . .154 

. Olive 

5783.  . 

2641 . . , 

3370. . 

Cen 

2168  . 

. 151 

.Olive 

2675. . 

. . . Cen. 

7298. . , 

...160 

. Olive 

2560. . . 

7395. . . 

, . .116 

.Tyler 

3160. . . 

3558. . . 

. .116 

.'I'yler 

3030 . . . 

, . .Cen. 

3030. . . 

..  84 

80.  . . 

3320. . , 

. . .100 

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General  Office:  314  North  Fourth  Street  Central  3605 


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GRANITOID  WORK  (GENERAL) 


BRUNER,  P.  M.,  GRANITOID  CO., 


Frisco  Bl 

2118. . 

. . .Cen. 

6104-L. 

..  90 

PROTHEROE  CONSTRUCTION  CO., 

Merchants-Laclede  Bl 

.Olive 

2545.  .. 

VENETIAN  MOSAIC  & GRANITOID  CO., 

2241  Clark  Avenue 

Bmont 

534.  . 

. . .Cen. 

4943. . . 

..  72 

HARDWARE 

(JELLER,  WARD  & IIASNER  HDWE.  CO., 
414  N.  4th  Street 

3500. . 

. . .Cen. 

9900. . . 

. .162 

-MYERS,  R.  II.,  HARDWARE  CO., 

3711  N.  Broadway 

. Tyler 

656.  . 

4025. . . 

. .288 

SHAPLEIGH  HARDWARE  CO., 

4th  and  Washington  Avenue 

Main 

5400. . 

. . .Cen. 

3240. . . 

..  18 

WITTKER  HDWE.  & CONTRS.  SUP.  CO., 
2348  N.  Market  Street 

Tyler 

313.  . 

. . .Cen. 

5257. . . 

..  96 

HAULING 

FOERSTER-KAYSING  IRON  WORKS, 

2710  N.  25th  Street 

Tyler 

129.  . , 

. . .Cen. 

2847. . . 

..  92 

POPULAR  PRICE  EXPRESS  CO., 

210  N.  18th  Street 

4247. . 

. . .Cen. 

375. . . 

Index 

WEBER  DRAYAGE  & WAREHOUSE  CO., 

521  N.  2nd  Street 

Main 

1988. . , 

. . .Cen. 

38.  . . 

..  90 

HEATING  (HOT  AIR) 

BISHOP-BABCOCK-BECKER  CO.,  THE, 

210  S.  Broadway Olive 

4840. . . 

..Cen. 

7080. . . 

. .192 

ELLIOTT  & BARRY  ENC.INEERING  CO., 
1426  Olive  Street 

Olive 

242.  . . 

5320.  . . 

HEINE  SAFETY  BOILER  CO., 

5319  Marcus  Avenue 

Cab’ny 

410. . . 

, . .Del. 

956. . . 

. .238 

STAR  HEATING  & AMERICAN  FIRE  ESCAPE  CO., 
3941  Forest  Park  Bl Lin. 

1138.  . . 

77 

. .192 

WELLSTON  CORNICE  WORKS, 

6222  Easton  Avenue 

Cab’ny 

4177.  .. 

HEATING  (HOT  WATER) 

BISHOP-BABCOCK-BECKRR  CO.,  THE, 

210  S.  Broadway Olive  4840 Cen.  7080 192 

ELLIOTT  & BARRY  ENGINEERING  CO., 

1426  Olive  Street Olive  242 Cen.  5320 192 

HEINE  SAFETY  BOILER  CO., 

5319  Marcus  Avenue Cab’ny  410 Del.  956 238 

KUPFERLE  BROTHERS  MFG.  CO., 

600  N.  2nd  Street Main  1046 Cen.  1261 242 

STAR  HEATING  AND  AMERICAN  FIRE  ESCAPE  CO., 

3941  Forest  Park  Bl Lin.  1138 Del.  77 192 

URBAUER-ATWOOD  HEATING  CO., 

115  S.  11th  Street Main  1423 Cen.  4107 242 


HEATING  (STEAM) 

BISHOP-BABCOCK-BECKER  CO.,  THE, 

210  S.  Broadway Olive 

ELLIOTT  & BARRY  ENGINEERING  CO., 

1426  Olive  Street 

HEINE  SAFETY  BOILER  CO., 

5319  Marcus  Avenue 

KUPFERLE  BROS.  MFG.  CO.. 

600  N.  2nd  Street 

STAR  HEATING  & AMERICAN  FIRE  ESC 

3941  Forest  Park  Bl 

URBAUER-ATWOOD  HEATING  CO., 

115  S.  llTH  Street 

HOTELS 

AMERICAN  HOTEL, 

7th  and  Market  Streets 

AMERICAN  HOTEL  .\NNEX, 

6th  and  Market  Streets 

JEFFERSON  HOTEL, 

12th,  Locust  and  St.  Charles  Streets 

MARYLAND  HOTEL, 


4840 Cen.  7080. 


.192 


, .Olive 

242.  . 

. . .Cen. 

5320. . , 

. . .192 

410.  . 

. . . Del. 

956. . . 

. . .238 

.Main  1046.. 
APE  CO., 

. . .Cen. 

1261. . , 

. . .242 

.Lin. 

1138. . 

Del 

77 

. . .192 

.Main 

1423. . 

. . .Cen. 
, . .Cen. 

4107'.  . . 

. , .242 

2900. . , 

7445. . . 

. . 86 

5300. . , 

. . .Cen. 

2742. . . 

..  86 

‘..M.mn 

4600. . . 

7590. . . 

..  86 

:r) 

2800. . , 

...Cen. 

3430. . . 

..  66 

1879. . . 

, . .Cen. 

4842. . . 

. . 92 

UNION  RUBBER  & SUPPLY  CO.. 

20  S.  Broadway 

ICE  AND  REFRIGERATING  MACHINERY 
RUEMMELI-DAWLEY  MFG.  CO., 

3900  Chouteau  Avenue Grand  2436 Vie.  2700. 


.238 


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INSTRUMENTS  (ARCHITECTS’) 

ALOE,  A.  S.,  CO., 

513  Olive  Street Olive  4390 

ST.  LOUIS  BLUE  PRINT  & SUPPLY  CO.. 

Railway  Exchange  Bl Olive  5748 Cen 


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4700. 

2007. 


INVESTMENTS  (OIL  LAND) 

GRAVES,  O.  C.,  I 

Syndicate  Trust  Bl Olive  1948 Cen.  2082. 

IRON  (BAR) 

AMERICAN  CAR  & FOUNDRY  CO., 

915  Olive  Street Olive 


98  GO 


2000 Cen.  1807 04 


IRON  (ORNAMENTAL) 

CHRISTOPHER  & SIMPSON  IRON  WORKS  CO. 


GERST  BROTHERS  MFG.  CO., 

800-820  Cass  Avenue 

MESKER  BROTHERS  IRON  CO., 

421  S.  6th  Street 

ROGERS-SCHMITT  WIRE  & IRON  CO. 

1815  N.  23rd  Street.. 

SCHURK  IRON  WORKS, 


FOERSTER  KAYSING  IRON  WORKS, 

2710  N.  25th  Street 

GERST  BROTHERS  MFG.  CO.. 

800-820  Cass  Avenue 

SCHURK  IRON  WORKS, 


INDIAHOMA  REFINING  CO., 


KEROSENE 


.Main  5549.  . 

. . .Cen.  3934.  . 

.*.  . 64 

.Tyler  742.. 

. . .Cen.  1765.  . 

70 

.Main  861 . . . 

80 

.Tyler  1837.  . 

70 

.Bmont.  240.. 

. . .Cen.  3979.  . 

...  70 

(RAL) 

CO., 

. . .Cen.  3934 . . 

...  64 

.Tyler  129... 

. . .Cen.  2847.  . 

...92 

.Tyler  742.  . , 

. . .Cen.  1765.  . 

...70 

Bmont,  240 . . , 

. . . Cen.  3979 

...  70 

.Olive  5783... 

. .Cen.  2641.  . 

LATH  (METAL) 

CONCRETE  STEEL  FIREPROOFING  CO., 

3951  Duncan  Avenue Olive 

LAUNDRIES 

ST.  LOUIS  LAUNDRYMEN’S  CLUB, 


4283, 


LETTERS  (FAC-SIMILE) 

RAYMOND  OFFICE  SUPPLY  CO.,  THE, 

Pierce  Bl Olive 

LIGHTNING  RODS 

BAJOHR,  CARL,  LIGHTNING  CON.  CO., 


1411 


LIME 

ACME  CEMENT  PLASTER  CO., 

Frisco  Bl 

CARTHAGE  MARBLE  & WHITE  LIME  C 

Chouteau  and  X’andeventer  Avenues 

HUNKINS-WILLIS  IHME  & CEMENT  CO., 

Century  Bl 

ST.  LOUIS  LIME  & cp:mi:nt  CO., 

Odd  Fellows  Bl 

UNION  SAND  & MATERIAL  CO., 


CURRAN,  CON.  P.,  PRINTING  CO., 


FREDERICK  PRTG.  & STA.  CO., 

316  N.  Third  St 

ISLER-TOMPSETT  CO., 


NATIONAL  PRINTING  & ENGRAVING  CO., 
7th  and  IClm  ,Street.s 

LUMBER 

BOECKELER  LUMBER  CO., 

Hall  and  Mali.i nckrodt  Streets 

GANAHL  LUMBER  CO., 


. O 1 PIS  l:.Y 

OO 1 . . . . 

Main 

5125. . . 

Cen.  2768 

. . . 34 

.Grand 

1210. . . 

. . . 20 

3365. . . 

. . Cen.  3141... 

, . . 34 

.Olive 

1110.  . . 

. .Vic.  1753.  . . 

...66 

3980.  . . 

. .Vic.  447.  . . 

, . . 66 

ONERY, 

ETC.) 

5191. . . 

..Cen.  991... 

, . .102 

1448. . . . 

, . Cen.  83 . . . 

..100 

.Olive 

6072 

. .102 

1148 

. .Cen.  1557.  . . 

. .102 

.Tyler 

2560 

, .Cen.  3130.  . . 

. . 42 

3626 

. .Del.  4210.  . . 

..  44 

Del.  1644-R...  56 


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General  Office:  3H  North  Fourth  Street  rriCliNELD  Central  3605 


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4006  N.  Broadway Tyler  2860. 

HEIM,  FRED,  LUMBER  CO., 


.Cen.  4015. 


XABER’S,  CHAS.,  SONS,  LUMBER, 

3732  N.  Broadway 

NATIONAL  LUMBER  CO., 

Jefferson  and  Lucas  Avenues 

O’NEIL-WILES  LUMBER  CO., 

Kingshighway  and  Swan  Avenue.., 
ST.  LOUIS  LUMBER  CO., 


SEIDEL,  JULIUS,  LUMBER  CO., 

2000  S.  Kingshighway . . 

MACHINISTS 


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. . 44 


CAHILL-SWIFT  MFG.  CO., 

20-22  S.  12th  Street 

KUPFERLE  BROTHERS  MFG.  CO., 

600  N.  2nd  Street 

RAMMING,  JOHN,  MACHINE  CO., 


. Sidney 

434.  . , 

3498. . , 

. Tyler 

218. . , 

. . .Cen. 

4029. . , 

...82 

. Bmont. 

103. . , 

4602. . , 

...82 

Grand 

3510. . 

. . . Del. 

109... 

...42 

. Sidney 
MES, 

3200. . 

. . .Vic. 

3200... 

...82 

. Lin. 

159.  . 

1556. . , 

...24 

.Grand  240.. 
A.TOR  CO., 

...Vic. 

2811. . . 

.Tyler 

1480. . . 

, . .Cen. 

900. . , 

...244 

2844. . . 

, . . Cen. 

581.  . . 

. . .170 

.Main 

1046. . , 

, . .Cen. 

1261. . . 

...242 

1192. . . 

2051. . . 

...154 

MARBLE 

CARTHAGE  MARBLE  & WHITE  LIME  CO., 

Chouteau  and  Vandeventer  Avenues Grand  1210 Del. 

METAL  (BABBITT) 

MORE-JONES  BRASS  & METAL  CO., 

Broadway  and  Dock  Street Tyler  3180 Cen. 

NATIONAL  LEAD  CO., 

International  Life  Bl Main- 


41. 


20 


■-I  (U 


MILL  SUPPLIES 

AHRENS  & OTT  MFG.  CO., 

810  N.  2nd  Street Main 

IMSE-SCHILLING  SASH  & DOOR  CO., 

21st  and  Papin  Streets Main 

MILL  WORK 

CARR-TROMBLEY  MFG.  CO., 

2nd  and  Branch  Streets Tyler 

GRAVOIS  PLANING  MILL  CO., 

Minnesota  and  Juniata  Street Sidney 

MECHANICS’  PLANING  MILL, 

3742  N.  Bro.adway Tyler 

SCHAEFER  BROTHERS,  BUILDERS  SUPPLIES, 

4024  Easton  Avenue Lin. 

MISCELLANEOUS 

ANHEUSER-BUSCH  BREWING  CO., 


3771. 

300. 

189. 

850. 

107. 

205. 

159. 


CAFFERATA,  JOHN,  RESTAURANT, 

5901  Delmar  Avenue 

CONROY  PIANO  CO., 


cs 


FINCK,  W M.,  & CO., 


FUNK,  H.  A.,  TAILORING  CO., 

Oriel  Bl 

GAULD  FURNISHING  GOODS  CO. 


.Cen. 

.Cen. 

.Vic. 

.Cen. 
.Vic. 
.Cen. 
. Del. 


4046. 

3945. 


.132 

.108 


334. 

204. 


,170 

,120 


4641 120 

1147 120 

4028..  .Index 
1556 24 


GRIESEDIECK  BROTHERS  BREWING  CO., 
■ ^ 19th  and  Shenandoah  Avenue 

gui:rdan  hat  co..  the. 

" 914 Olive  Street 

CO  HEWITT  CO.,  THE, 


INTERNATIONAL  LIFE  INSUR.\NCE  CO., 


KINLOCH  TELEPHONE  CO.. 

10th  and  Locust  Streets 

KROGER  GROCERY  & BAKING  CO., 

Tiffany  and  Vista  Avenues 

LACLEDE  GAS  LIGHT  CO., 


Sidney 

3100. . 

. . .Vic. 

'1240.  . 

. . .136 

. ('ar’nv 

2838. . 

. . . Del. 

1352. . , 

...  56 

.Main 

2641 . . 

. . .Cen. 

7470. . 

...  96 

'ER  CO. 
.Olive 

’ 522. . 

1870. . , 

. . .110 

899.  . 

Cen 

6042. . , 

. . .162 

.Olive 

5487.  ., 

. Oun  E 

3531. . 

...28 

. Sidney 

398.  . 

...Vic. 

390. . , 

, . .240 

.Olive 

5458. . 

. . .Cen. 

2539. . . 

...56 

.Olive 

3512.  . 

. . .Cen. 

3680. . . 

. . . 58 

.Olive 

2785. . 

...Cen. 

7435. . . 

, . .118 

100. . . 

...80 

. Grand 

4100. . 

. . .Vic. 

2600. . . 

, . . 68 

. .Main 

4800. . 

...Cen. 

3800. . 

. . .260 

■278— 


LEACOCK  SPORTING  GOODS  CO., 

10th  and  Locust  Streets 

4041.  .. 

Page 

. . . 96 

LEMP,  W.  J„  BREWING  CO., 

13th  and  Cherokee  Streets 

4040. . . 

..Cen.  200.. 

. . . 30 

LIPS,  ALEX,  INSURANCE, 

Pierce  Bl 

Main 

3360. . . 

. . .118 

MERMOD-JACCARD  & KING  JEWELRY  CO., 
Broadway  and  Locust  Street Main 

3975. . . 

. .Cen.  7226,  . 

...  48 

NICHOLSON,  DAVID,  GROCERY  CO., 

13  N.  6th  Street 

3845.  . . 

. .Cen.  7360.  . 

. . .104 

OSTERTAG  BROTHERS,  FLORISTS, 

2334  Washington  Avenue 

Bmont. 

115.  . . 

. . .118 

RIESMEYER,  G.,  DISTILLING  CO., 

1324  Franklin  Avenue 

Main 

1970. . . 

, . .Cen.  5498.  . 

...  44 

SOUTHWESTERN  BELL  TELEPHONE  CO., 
Boatmen's  Bank  Bl 

Olive  12000... 

STEINWENDER  CO.,  THE, 

820  N.  Broadway 

Main 

4477. . . 

. .Cen.  2291.  . 

. . .116 

WARNER,  FERD.,  TAILORING  CO., 

703  Pine  Street 

-Olive 

4274.  . . 

, . .Cen.  1677. . 

...  28 

MOULDING 

MECHANICS’  PLANING  MILL  CO., 

3742  N.  Broadway 

Tyler 

205.  . . 

. .Cen.  4028. . 

.Index 

NATIONAL  LUMBER  CO., 

Jefferson  and  Lucas  Avenues 

, Bmont 

103. . . 

, . .Cen.  4602 . . 

...  82 

OIL  (LUBRICATING) 

BITTEL-LEFTWICH  TIRE  SERVICE  CO., 

Grand  and  Lindell  Avenues Lin. 

5700. . . 

, . .Cen.  5747.  . 

154 

PIERCE  OIL  CORPORATION, 

1301  Gratiot  Street 

.Main 

195.  . . 

. .Cen.  610. 

154 

STANDARD  OIL  CO., 

Syndicate  Trust  Bl 

.Olive 

2675.  . . 

. .Cen.  7298.  . 

...  1 60 

OPTICIANS 

ALOE,  A.  S 

513  Olive  Street 

■ Olive 

4390. . , 

4 

WESTERN  OPTICAL  CO., 

1002  Olive  Street 

1783.  . . 

. . .Cen.  1502. . 

4 

PAINT 

BARRETT  COMPANY,  THE, 

Laclede  Gas  Bl 

.Olive 

2670. . , 

. . .Cen.  2901  . . 

100 

CAMPBELL  GLASS  & PAINT  CO., 

816  N.  7th  Street 

.Olive 

2560. . , 

. . .Cen.  7395 . . 

116 

CONDIE-BRAY  GLASS  & PAINT  CO., 

Broadway  and  Benton  Street 

.Tyler 

3160. . . 

, . .Cen.  3558.  . 

, . . .116 

DETROIT  GRAPHITE  CO., 

Railway  Exchange  Bl 

.Olive 

4252. . 

108 

LOUISVILLE  VARNISH  CO., 

Louisville,  Ky 

MOORE,  BENJAMIN,  & CO.,  THE. 

1219  Olive  Street 

.Olive 

2070. . , 

. . .Cen.  7330. . 

. . . .108 

MOUND  CITY  PAINT  & COLOR  CO., 

11th  and  Mullanphy  Streets 

.Tyler 

3200. . , 

106 

PITTSBURGH  PLATE  GLASS  CO., 

10th  and  Spruce  Streets 

830.  . 

106 

STANDARD  VARNISH  WORKS, 

Century  Bl 

.Olive 

2935. . 

. . .Cen.  6534  . . 

106 

PAINTERS 

BEAL  & McNAMARA  PAINTING  CO., 

4557  Easton  Avenue 

.Forest 

3040. . 

. . . Del.  2112.. 

. . . .101 

BUSCH  & LATTA  PAINTINC;  CO.. 

4366  Finney  Avenue 

.r.iN. 

4311. . 

. . .Del.  2080.  . 

DOELLNER  PAINTING  CO., 

107  N.  12th  Street 

. Olive 

1169. . 

. . .Cen.  3489. . 

ENGELMAN-JAHNS  PAlNTIN(i  CO., 

3132  Olive  Street 

. Bmont.  1405.  . , 

101 

O’CONNELL,  J.  W.,  PAINTING  CO., 

1011  N.  Broadway 

2566. . 

. . .Cen.  1279. . 

104 

PIPE  (SEWER) 

BLACKMER  POST  PIPE  CO., 

Boatmen's  Bank  Bl Main 

2528. . 

...Cen.  5135., 

. . . . 38 

LACLEDE  CHRISTY  CLAY  PRODUCTS  CO., 

Manchester  and  Sulphur  Avenues (irand 

2800. . 

...Vic.  1835., 

, . . . 38 

ST.  LOUIS  CLAY  PRODUCTS  CO., 

Third  National  Rank  Rl 

. Ol.TVF 

1004 . .. 

WITTKER  HDWE.  & CONTRS.  SUPPLY  CO., 
^348  N.  Market  Street Tyler 

313.  . 

. ...  96 

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PLASTER 


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)125 Cen.  2768. 


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acmp:  cement  plaster  co., 

Frisco  Bl .Main 

PLASTER  CONTRACTORS 

NIEHAUS,  H., 

Wright  Bl Main  2080 Cen.  1463. 

BEAL  & McNARMA  PAINTNIG  CO., 

ROWAN,  P.,  CONTRACTOR, 

Chemical  Bl 

PLASTIC  RELIEF 

EASTMAN  PLASTIC  RELIEF  CO., 

23rd  and  Dixon  Streets Tyler  1193 

SIEFERT,  FRANX  A.,  PLASTIC  RELIEF  CO., 

2627  Dayton  Street Bmont.  810 

PLUMBING 

CLUCAS,  W.  L.,  PLUMBINC'i  CO., 

3225  Park  Avenue _..(]rand 

HUGHES.  ED.  J.,  PLUMP,1N(',  CO., 

3822  Olive  Street Lin. 

HUNT,  WILLIAM, 

1512  S.  Grand  Avenue Gra:*d 

KIEL,  A.  L.,  PLUMBING, 

3218  Park  Avenue Grand 

McNamara  plumbing  co., 


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SHEEHAN,  THOMAS  J.,  PLUMBING  CO., 

1428  Olive  Street Main 

SMITH,  C.  O.,  PLUMBING  CO., 

4025  Forest  Park  Bl Lin. 

PRINTING 

CURRAN,  CON  P.,  PRINTINC;  CO., 

8th  and  Walnut  Streets Main 

FREDERICK,  PRINTING  &■  STATY.  CO 

316-18  N.  Third  Street Main 

NATIONAL  PRINTING  & EN(;RA^'1N(;  CO., 

7th  and  Elm  Streets Main 

POWDER  (BLASTING) 
ILLINOIS  POWDER  MIT',.  CO., 

Pierce  Bl Main 

PUMPS 

BONSACK  MACHINERY  CO., 

Boatmen’s  Bank  Bl Olive 

REEVES  & SKINNER  MACHINERY  CO.,. 

2211  Olive  Street Bmont. 

SMITH,  GEO.  F., 

Franklin  and  Channing  Avenues Bmont. 

ZELNICKER  SUPPLY  CO., 

325  Locust  Street Olive 

QUARRIES 

COLUMBIA  QUARRY  CO.. 

Fullerton  Bl Main 

RAILROADS 

MISSOURI.  KANSAS  & TEXAS  R.  R.. 

328  N.  Broadway Main 

MISSOURI  PACIFIC  R.  R., 

318  N.  Broadway Main 

ST.  LOUIS  ELECTRIC  BRIDGE  CO., 

Broadway  and  Salisbury  Street Tyler 

WABASH  R.  R.. 

309  N.  Broadway Main 


BLANKE,  ALBERT  G.,  REALTY  CO.. 

711  Chestnut  Street Main 

CAVE,  ELMORE,  & CO., 

109  N.  7th  Street Main. 

EPSTEIN,  J.  I..  REALTY  CO., 

" 617  Chestnut  Street Main 

CO  GIRALDIN  BROTHERS  REALTY  CO., 

CD  813  Chestnut  Street Main 

HALLER,  JULIUS,  REALTY  CO.. 

810  Chestnut  Street Olive 

HILDERBRANDT.  NOBLE  REALTY  CO., 

615  Chestnut  Street Main 

MERCANTILE  TRUST  CO., 

8th  and  Locu.st  Streets Main 

MISSISSIPPI  VALLEY  TRUST  CO., 

4th  and  Pine  Streets Main 


1634. . 

...Vic.  1176.. 

. . .170 

3857. . 

...Del.  955-R 

. . .154 

407.  . 

...Vic.  651.. 

2382. . 

...Vic.  205.. 

1663. . 

. . .170 

2109. . 

. . .Cen.  6199-R 

. . .168 

898.  . 

...Del.  569.. 

. . .168 

5191. . 

...Cen.  991.. 

. . .102 

1448. . 

w* 

GO 

1148. . 

. . .Cen.  4557. . 

. . .102 

927.  . 

...Cen.  737.. 

. . . 20 

1315. . 

. . .134 

, 130.. 

...Cen.  130.. 

. . .134 

384.  . 

. . .Cen.  6236.  . . 

, . . 91 

3910. . 

. . . 94 

293.  . 

. . .Cen.  1662.  . , 

. . . 20 

3660. . 

, . .142 

1000. . 

. . .CTn.  6001.  . . 

, . .142 

2800. . 

. . .Cen.  3880. . . 

, . .140 

4980. . 
S 

. . .Cen.  1718. . . 

, . .142 

3046. . 

. . .Cen.  1144.  . . 

. . 92 

1616.  .. 

. .151 

2162. . 

1739. . 

. . 4 

999. . , 

. . .Cen.  6357.  . . 

. . 92 

2814. . , 

. . .Cen.  2963.  . . 

..  92 

1583.  . . 

. . .Cen.  3225.  . . 

..  54 

3640.  . . 

. . .Cen..  3306.  . . 

. .122 

—280— 


REFRIGERATORS 

NATIONAL  REFRIGERATOR  & FIXTURE  CO., 


ROAD  OIL 


INDIAFIOMA  REFINING  CO. 


Main 

232 . . , 

. ..Cfn  286 

( )live 

5783 . . 

Olive 

2670.  . 

. . .Cen.  2901 

I. in. 

3145.  . 

...Del.  1198 

2293.  . 

...Cen.  2548 

Cab’xNY 

4177.  .. 

ROOFING 

BARRETT,  CO.,  THE, 

Laclede  Gas  Bl 

NAUGHTON,  P.  S.,  SLATE  ROOFING  CO., 

3620  Laclede  Avenue 

ST.  LOUIS  ASPHALT  CO., 

Temple  Bl 

WELLSTON  CORNICE  WORKS, 

6222  Easton  Avenue 

ROOFING  MATERIAL 

NATIONAL  LUMBER  CO., 

Jefferson  and  Lucas  Avenues I’mont 

ROOFING  (METAL) 

WELLSTON  CORNICE  WORKS, 

6222  Easton  Avenue Cah’ny 

ROOFING  REPAIRS 

NAUGHTON,  P.  S.,  SLATE  ROOFING  CO„ 

3620  Laclede  Avenue Lin. 

WELLSTON  CORNICE  WORKS, 

6222  Easton  Avenue Cab’ny 

ROOFING  (SLATE) 

NAUGHTON,  P.  S.,  SLATE  ROOFING  CO., 

3620  Laclede  Avenue I.in. 

ST.  LOUIS  SLATE  & TILE  ROOFING  CO., 

1041-43  S.  Vandeventer  Avenue Dei. 

ROOFING  (TILE) 

NAUGHTON,  P.  S.,  SLATE  ROOFING  CO., 

3620  Laclede  Avenue Lin. 

ROPE  (WIRE) 

LESCHEN,  A.,  & SONS  ROPE  CO., 

920-22  N.  Main  Street Main 

ZELNICKER  SUPPLY  CO., 

325  Locust  Street Olive 

RUBBER  GOODS 

UNION  RUBBER  & SUPPLY  CO., 

20  S,  Broadway Maiij 

SAND  BLASTING 

ST.  LOUIS  SAND  BLAST  CO., 


GO 


88 


103. 


41' 


314; 

417'; 


Cen.  4602 82 


88 


Del.  1198. 


3145. 


Del. 


1198. 

47. 


3145 Del.  1198. 


3762. 

3910. 


,Cen.  3311 


.240 
, 94 


1879 Cen.  4842. 


KRUMBACH,  O.  E.,  SAND  BLAST  CO., 


HUNKINS-WILLIS  LIME  & CEMENT  CO., 

Century  Bl 

MERAMPX  PORTLAND  CEMENT  CO., 

Syndicate  Trust  Bl 

ST.  LOUIS  MATERIAL  & SUPPLY  CO., 

314  North  Fourth  Street 

UNION  SAND  & MATERIAL  CO., 


92 


SASH 

IMSE-SCHILLING  SASH  & DOOR  CO., 


MECHANICS  PLANING  MILL  CO., 


, Olive 

990.  . . 

990. 

18 

.Bmont. 

VEL 

1405. . . 

18 

.Main 

3365. . . 

. .Cen.  3141. 

34 

.Olive 

5727. . , 

. . .Vic. 

130. 

66 

.Olive 

1195. . , 

...Cen.  1195. 

. Main 

3980. . 

...Vic. 

447. 

66 

.Main 

189.., 

. . . Vic. 

201. 

120 

.Tyler 

205.  . 

, Front 

SASH  AND  PARTITIONS  (METAL) 

WIDMER  ENGINEERING  CO., 

Century  Bl Olive  6270 

SASH  (METAL  OPERATOR) 

METALLIC  SASH  OPEKATOR  CO., 

Syndicate  Trust  Bl Olive  1594 Cen, 


Inde.x 


52 


2431 


SCREENS  (DOORS  AND  WINDOWS) 

PECK,  R.  S.,  SCREEN  MFG.  CO., 

1514  Goodfellow  Avenue Cab’ny  4540,  Del.  2434-R,  . . 

—281— 


FAMILY  COAL  and  COKE  a Specialty  Main  3700 

General  Office:  314  North  Fourth  Street  Central  3605 


FAMILY  COAL  and  COKE  a Specialty  PWOMPTQ  Main  3700 

General  Office:  314  North  Fourth  Street  Central  3605 


SHEET  METAL  WORK 

XOOTER,  JOHN,  BOILER  WORKS, 

1400  S.  2nd  Street Olive  1531. 

O’BRIEN,  JOHN,  BOILER  CO., 

llTH  AND  Mullanphy  Streets Tyler  394. 

POWERS  & BOYD  CORNICE  & ROOFING  CO., 

3614  Laclede  Avenue Lin  353. 

RUEMMELI-DAWLEY  MEG.  CO.,  THE, 

3900  Chouteau  Avenue Grand  2436. 


,Cen. 

.Cen. 

.Del. 

.Vic. 


Page 

2379-R.  . .238 

332 238 

1198 88 

2700 238 


SHORING 

BEFFA,  ANTON  & SONS, 

Jefferson  and  O’Fallon  Street Bmont.  1469 Cen. 

SIGN  PAINTING 

DOELLNER  PAINTING  CO., 

107  N.  12th  Street Olive  1169 Cen. 

ZEISER  BROTHERS  SIGN  CO., 

1003  Morgan  Street Olive  4744 


5739. 


94 


3489 102 

102 


SKYLIGHTS 

BRUNER,  P.  M.,  GRANITOID  CO., 

Frisco  Bl Main  2118 Cen. 

POWERS  & BOYD  CORNICE  & RFG.  CO., 

3614  Laclede  Avenue Lin.  353 Del. 

SIDLER,  B.,  & CO.. 

1823-25  N.  Taylor  Avenue Del. 

WELLSTON  CORNICE  WORKS, 

6222  Easton  Avenue Cab'ny  4177 

SOLDER 

MORE-JONES  BRASS  & METAL  CO. 


6104-L...  90 

1198 88 

681-R.  . . 88 
88 


Broadway  and  Dock  Street Olive  2070. 

NATIONAL  LEAD  CO., 

International  Life  Bl Main  3771. 

SPACERS  (STEEL) 

KENNEDY,  HARRY  C., 

953  Century  Bl Olive 

SPRINKLERS  (AUTOMATIC) 
URBAUER-ATWOOD  HEATING  CO., 

115  S.  11th  Street Main  1423. 

STACKS  (SMOKE) 

NOOTER,  JOHN,  BOILER  WORKS  CO., 

1400  S.  2nd  Street Olive  1531. 

O’BRIEN,  JOHN,  BOILER  CO., 

11th  and  Mullanphy  Streets Tyler  394. 

WIEDERHOLDT  CONSTRUCTION  CO., 

Bank  of  Commerce  Bl Olive  1490. 

STAIRS 

MISSOURI  STAIR  CO., 

4205  Forest  Park  Bl Lin.  1012. 

REINHARDT,  JOHN  W.,  STAIR  CO., 

25  S.  15th  Street Main  2333. 

STEEL  (REINFORCING) 
AMERICAN  CAR  & FOUNDRY  CO., 


.Cen. 

.Cen. 


7330 132 

3945 108 


1919 Cen.  367. 


46 


.Cen.  4107 242 


.Cen. 

.Cen. 


2379-R.  . .238 

332 238 

100 


. Del. 


15 120 


CONCRETE  STEEL  FIREPROOFING  CO., 

3951  Duncan  Avenue 

HUNKINS-WILLIS  LIME  & CEMENT  CO., 

Century  Bl 

LACLEDE  STEEL  CO., 


REINFORCED  CONCRETE  CO., 

Wright  Bl 

SEARS  & PIOU, 

Wright  Bl 

WIDMER  ENGINEERING  CO., 


Olive 

2600. . . 

. . .Cen. 

1867 

. 64 

Olive 

4283. . 

1644-R. . 

. 56 

Main 

3365. . , 

Cen. 

3141 

. 34 

Olive 

3915. . , 

, . .Cen. 

24 

. 58 

Olive 

3604.  .. 

. 48 

Olive 

315.  . 

. 48 

Olive 

6270. . , 

. 52 

^ " STEEL  SPACERS 

52  KENNEDY,  HARRY  C., 

* Century  Bl Olive  1919. 

STEEL  (STRUCTURAL) 
AMERICAN  CAR  & FOUNDRY  CO., 

915  Olive  Street Olive  2600. 

TZ:  CHRISTOPHER  & SIMPSON  IRON  WORKS  CO., 

SIT  9th  and  Park  .A,venue Main  5549. 

^ FOERSTER-KAYSING  IRON  WORKS, 

2710  N.  25th  Street Tyler  129. 


.Cen.  367...  Index 


.Cen. 
• Cen. 
.Cen. 


1867 64 

3934 64 

2847 92 


—282— 


LACLEDE  STEEL  CO., 

Federal  Reserve  Bank  Bl 

STUFF  BROTHERS  BRIDGE  & IRON  CO., 


STONE 

CARTHAGE  MARBLE  & WHITE  LIME  CO. 

Chouteau  and  Vandeventer  Avenues 

ST.  LOUIS  CONTRACTING  CO., 


WABASH  CUT  STONE  CO., 

Boyle  Avenue  and  Wabash  Tracks. 
COLUMBIA  QUARRY  CO., 


BARRETT  CO.,  THE, 

Laclede  Gas  Bl 

BARKER  WASHINGTON  CO.,  THE, 


SKRAINKA  CONSTRUCTION  CO., 

Security  Bl 

WARREN  BROTHERS  CO., 


Olive 

3915. . , 

24. . 

Page 

...58 

1831. . , 

. . . Cen. 

6790. . 

64 

, Grand 

1210. . 

41 . . 

...20 

. F'orest 

1540. . 

697.  . 

. . . 72 

. . . Del. 

145.  . 

, Main 

293.  . 

. . . Cen. 

1662 

20 

MG 

, Olive 

2670. . 

2901. . 

. . .100 

.Cab’ny 

2464.  .. 

, Main 

877.  . 

. . .Cen. 

6526. . 

...  22 

, Main 

4063.  .. 

...  90 

CTD 

SD 


SUPPLIES  (ARCHITECTS’) 

ALOE,  A.  S.,  Co., 

513  Olive  Street Olive 

ST.  LOUIS  BLUE  PRINT  & SUPPLY  CO., 

Railway  Exchange  Bl Olive 

SUPPLIES  (PLUMBERS’) 

AHRENS  & OTT,  MFG.  CO., 

810  N.  2nd  Street Main 

CAHILL  SWIFT  MANUFACTURING  CO., 

20-22  S.  12th  Street Main 

NELSON,  N.  O.,  MFG.  CO., 

10th  and  Chestnut  Streets Main 

SUPPLIES  (SURVEYORS’) 

ALOE,  A.  S.,  CO., 

513  Olive  Street Olive 

ST.  LOUIS  BLUE  PRINT  & SUPPLY  CO., 

Railway  Exchange  Bl Olive 

SUPPLIES  (TOILET) 

MONGER’S  LINEN  SUPPLY  CO., 

4115-17  Olive  Street Lin. 

TANKS  (SEPTIC) 

RUEMMELI-DAWLEY  MFG.  CO.,  THE, 

3900  Chouteau  Avenue Grand 

TANKS  (STORAGE) 

NOOTER,  JOHN,  BOILER  WORKS  CO., 

1400  S.  2nd  Street Olive 

RUEMMELI-DAWLEY  MFG.  CO.,  THE, 

3900  Chouteau  Avenue Grand 

TANKS  (SPRINKLER) 


4390 Cen. 

5748 Cen. 


4700, 

2007. 


300 Cen.  3340 

2844 Cen 

3620 Cen.  3315 


.170 


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4390 Cen. 

5748 Cen. 


581 120  g 3 

^ > 

D- 


4700. 

2007. 


211. 


,Del.  2065 18  n 


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S 

5“  O 

rr  ?s 
o'  rn 


cr  o 


2436. 


.Vic.  2700, 


.238 


1531 Cen. 

2436 Vic. 


2379-R. . .238 
2700 238 


RUEMMELI-DAWLEY  MFG.  CO.,  THE, 

3900  Chouteau  Avenue Grand  2436 V’ic.  2700 238 

TANKS  (STEEL) 

HARRY,  O.  K.,  STEEL  CO., 

2333  Papin  Street Grand  815 Vic.  1215 154 

RUEMMELI-DAWLEY  MFG.  CO.,  THE, 

3900  Chouteau  Avenue Grand  2436 Vic.  2700 238 

TARPAULINS 

DOUGHERTY  BROS.  TENT  & AWNING  CO., 

114  S.  4th  Street Main 

MISSOURI  TENT  & AWNING  CO., 

2202-2208  Pine  Street Bmont. 

TENTS 

DOUGHERTY  BROS.  TENT  & AWNING  CO., 

114  S.  4th  Street Main 

MISSOURI  TENT  & AWNING  CO.. 

2202-2208  Pine  Street Bmont. 


473 Cen. 

116 Cen. 

473 Cen. 

116 Cen. 


1099. 

40. 


1099. 

40. 


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m 

CD 


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— 2’83— 


FAMILY  COAL  and  COKE  a Specialty  PWnMPQ 

General  Office:  314  North  Fourth  Street  i riOlNllD  Central  3605 


TERRA  COTTA 

WINKLE  TERRA  COTTA  CO..  THE, 

Century  Bl Main 

TILE  (DRAIN) 

BLACKMER  & POST  PIPE  CO., 

Boatmen’s  Bank  Bl Main 

LACLEDE-CHRISTY  CLAY  PRODUCTS  CO., 

Manchester  and  Sulphur  Avenues Srand 

TILE  (HOLLOW) 

KENNEDY,  HARRY  C.. 

953  Century  Bl Olive 

LACLEDE-CHRISTY  CLAY  PRODUCTS  CO., 

Manchester  and  Sulphur  Avenues Grand 

ST.  LOUIS  CLAY  PRODUCTS  CO., 

Third  National  Bank  Bl Olive 

TILE  (INTERLOCKING) 

KENNEDY,  HARRY  C., 

953  Centl'ry  Bl Olive 

TILING  (MOSAIC) 

VENETIAN  MOSAIC  GRANITOID  CO.. 

2241  Clark  Avenue Bmont, 

TILING  (RUBBER) 

UNION  RUBBER  & SUPPLY  CO., 

20  S.  Broadway Mai n 

TITLE  EXAMINERS 

HUENSCHE-BUDER  TITLE  CO., 

International  Life  Bl Olive 

TUCKPOINTING 

krumbach  sand  blast  CO.. 


Page 


ST.  LOUIS  SAND  BLAST  CO., 

1302  Olive  Street Olive 


CO 


VENTILATORS 

BISHOP-BABCOCK-BECKER  CO.,  THE, 

210  S.  Broadway Olive 

ELLIOTT  & BARRY  ENGINEERING  CO., 

1426  Olive  Street Olive 

POWERS  & BOYD  CORNICE  A-  ROOFING  CO., 

3614  Laclede  Avenue Lin. 

URBAUER-ATWOOD  HEATING  CO., 

115  S.  11th  Street Main 

WATERPROOFING 

WESTERN  WATERPROOFING  CO., 

(Century  Bl Olive 

WIRE  (ORNAMENTAL) 

CENTRAL  WIRE  & IRON  WORKS, 

813  S.  7th  Street Olive 

LASAR  MFG.  CO., 

1313  N.  16th  Street Tyler 

MESKER  BROTHERS  IRON  CO., 

421  S.  6th  Street Main 

ROGERS-SCHMITT  WIRE  & IRON  CO., 

1815  N.  23rd  Street Tyler 

WIRING  (ELECTRIC) 

DENNISON.  WM.  S.,  ELECTRIC  CO.. 

Syndicate  Trust  B-l OliVe 

ST.  LOUIS  ELECTRICAL  CONTRS.  ASS’N. 

Centl'ry  Bl Olive 

Wl'RDACK,  WILLIAM.  ELECTRIC  CO.. 

21  S.  Hth  Street Olive 

WRECKING 

BEFFA,  ANTON  & SONS, 

Tefferson  and  O’Fallon  Street Bmont. 

NATIONWL  WRECKING  & SUPPLY  CO., 

1220  N.  Jefferson  Avenue Bmont. 

-CHAEFER  BROTHERS’  BUILDERS  SUPPLIES. 

4024  Easton  Avenue Lix. 

—284— 


1894. . . 

. .Cen.  3038.  . 

...38 

2528. . . 

38 

2800. . . 

..Vic.  1835.. 

...  38 

1919. . . 

. . Cev.  367 

...  36 

2800. . . 

..Vic.  1835.. 

...38 

1004. . . 

...38 

1919. . . 

..Cen.  367.. 

. Cover 

, 534... 

. .Cen.  49J3. . 

~ro 

1879. . . 

...  92 

74.  . . 

...  96 

, 1405. . . 

. . . IS 

of 

..Cen.  990.. 

...  18 

...  32 

4840. . . 

. . Cen.  7080. . 

. . .192 

242.  . . 

. .Cen.  5320.  . 

. . .192 

353. . . 

. .Del.  1198.  . 

...88 

1423. . . 

. . .242 

2370. . . 

..Cen.  1502,. 

. . .110 

3158. . . 

..Cen.  6838.. 

...70 

118. . . 

..Cen.  118.. 

. . .244 

861. . . 

. . . 80 

1837. . . 

. .Cen.  1837.  . 

...70 

4106.  ... 

. . .124 

2935. . . 

. . .124 

3457.  . . 

..Cen.  3976.. 

. . .134 

1469 

. .Cen.  5739.  . 

. . . 94 

158. . . 

..Cen.  5026.. 

. . . 94 

159. . . 

...24 

INDEX 


T O 


ADVERTISERS 


Abrahams,  Sol  & Son,  Construction  Co 2S 

Acme  Cement  Plaste'r  Co 34 

Aetna  Bricklaying-  & Const.  Co 32 

Ahrens  & Ott  Manfg.  Co„  The 170 

Aloe  Co.,  A.  S 4 

American  Car  & Foundry  Co 04 

American  Hotel  & Annex 8t) 

American  Electric  Machine  & Elev.  Co 244 

Anheuser-Busch  Brewing  Ass’n ■ 130 

Bajohr,  Carl,  Lightning  Conductor  Co 140 

Barrett  Company,  The 100 

Beal  & McNamara  Painting  Co 104 

Beffa  & Sons,  Anton 94 

Be  VO  130 

Bishop-Babcock-Becker  Co.,  The 192 

Bittel-Leftwich  Co 154 

Black,  James,  Masonry  & Const.  Co 28 

Blackmer  & Post  Pipe  Co 38 

Blanke,  Albert  G.,  Heal  Estate  Co 92 

Boatmen’s  Bank  Building 128 

Boeckeler  Lumber  Co 42 

Bonsack  Machinery  Co 134 

Brick  Manufacturing  Ass’n 20 

Bright,  James  H.,  Cont.  & Bldg.  (’o. 78 

Bruner,  P.  M.,  Granitoid  Co 90 

Building  Trades  Council -. 130 

Cafferata,  John  50 

Cahill-Swift  Manfg.  Co 17<> 

Campbell  Glass  & Paint  Co 110 

Carondelet  Foundry  Co 132 

Carr-Trombley  Manfg.  Co 120 

Carthage  Marble  & White  Lime  Co 20 

Cave,  Elmore  & Co 151 

—285— 


Central  National  Bank 

Central  Telephone  & Electric  Co 

Central  Wire  and  Iron  Works 

Chemical  Building-  Co 

Christopher  & Simpson  Iron  Works  Co.... 

Clucas,  W.  L.,  Plumbing  Co 

Collapsible  Joist  Foim  Co 

Columbia  Quarry  Co 

Concrete  Steel  Fireproofing  Co 

Condie-Bray  Glass  & Paint  Co 

Connor,  Thomas  & Sons 

Conroy  Piano  Co 

Consolidated  Investment  Co 

Cook,  Isaac  T 

Cupples  Station  Heat,  Light  & Power  Co, 

Curran,  Con  P.,  Printing  Co 

Cusack,  Thomas  Co 

Denison  Interlocking  Tile 

Dennison,  W.  S.,  Electric  Co 

Detroit  Graphite  Co. 

Domestic  Electric  Co 

Donk  Bros.  Coal  Co 

Drees  Bldg.  & Contracting  Co 

Duffner  & Stecker  Construction  Co 

Eastman  Plastic  Relief  Co 

Elliott  & Barry  Engineering  Co 

Engleman-Jahns  Painting  Co 

Epstein,  J.  I.,  Realty  Co 

Federal  Elevator  Co 

Finck,  W.  M.  & Co 

Foerster-Kaysing  Iron  Works 

Frederick  Printing  & Stationery  Co 

Fruin-Colnon  Contracting  Co 

Frj’e  Motor  Car  Co 

Funk,  H.  A.,  Tailoring  Co 

Ganahl  Lumber  Co 

Gates,  A.  D.,  Construction  Co 

Gauld  Furnishing  Goods  Co 

Geller,  Ward  & Hasner  Hd-w^re.  Co 

Gerst  Bros.  Manfg,  Co 

Giraldin  Bros.  Real  Estate  Co 

Gilsonite  Construction  Co 

Granville,  Joseph  D 

Graves,  O.  C 

Gravois  Planing  Mill  Co 

Grewe,  John,  Construction  Co 

Griesedieck  Bros.  Brewing  Co 

Gruner,  Philip  & Bros.  Lumber  Co 

Guerdan  Hat  Co 

Haeseler,  A.  H.,  Bldg.  & Cont.  Co 

Hall-Mackay  Construction  Co 

Haller,  Julius,  Realty  Co 

Harry,  O.  K.,  Steel  Co 

Heim,  Fred,  Lumber  Co 

Heine  Safety  Boiler  Co 

Hewitt  Co.,  The 

Hildenbrandt  & Noble  Realty  Co 

Hunsche-Buder  Land  Title  Co 

Hug-hes,  Ed.  J.,  Plumbing  Co 

Hunkins-Willis  Lime  & Cement  Co 

Illinois  Powder  Manfg.  Co 

Illinois  Traction  System 

Imse-Schilling  Sash  & Door  Co 

International  Life  Insurance  Co 

Interstate  Clay  Products  Co 

Isler-Tompsett  Lithographing  Co 

Jaccard’s  

Jefferson  Hotel  Co 

Kennedy,  Harry  C 

Kiel,  A.  L 

Kiel  & Danes  Bricklaying  & Cont.  Co 

Kinloch  Telephone  Co 

Knight,  W,  J.,  & Company 

Kroger  Grocery  & Baking  Co 

Krumbach,  O.  E.,  Sandblast  Co 

Kupferle  Bros.  Manufacturing  Co 

Laclede-Christy  Clay  Products  Co 

Ivaclede  Gas  Light  Co 

Laclede  Steel  Co 


Page 

122 

132 

\ 70 

128 

64 

170 

..  68 

20 

56 

116 

22 

96 

126 

128 

110 

102 

110 

36 

124 

108 

.158 

.Margins  269  to  284 

28 

22 

40 

192 

104 

Page  in  Code  Index 

244 

162 

92 

100 

76 

162 

92 

44 

74 

28 

162 

70 

4 

74 

56 

98 

120 

78 

240 

44 

56 

68 

74 

92 

154 

44 

238 

58 

92 

96 

154 

34 

20 

140 

120 

118- 

36 

102 

48 

86 

46 

168 

32 

■ 80 

60 

58 

18 

242 

38 

258 

58 


—286— 


Lasar  Manufacturing-  Co 244 

Leacock  Sporting  Goods  Co 9G 

Lemp,  Wm.  J.,  Brewing  Co 30 

Leschen,  A.,  & Sons  Rope  Co 240 

Link,  G.  A.,  Supply  Co 138 

Lip,s  Alex 118 

Lloyd,  Hiram  Bldg.  & -Const.  Co 7ii 

Maryland  Hotel  Co GtJ 

McAnulty,  J.  T 50 

McCormack,  Chas.  B.,  & Son 7 0 

McNamara  Plumbing  Co 170 

Mechanics’  Planing  Mill  Co Page  in  Code  Index 

Meramec  Portland  Cement  & Material  Co 66 

Mercantile  Trust  Co * 54 

Merchants-Laclede  National  Bank 122 

Mermod-Jaccard  & King 48 

Metal  Building  Materials  Co 40 

Metallic  Sash  Operator  Co 88 

Mesker  Brothers  Iron  Co SO 

Minnesota  Manufacturers  Ass’n 138 

Mississippi  Glass  Co 84 

Mississippi  Valley  Trust  Co 122 

Missouri,  Kansas  & Texas  Railroad 142 

Missouri  Pacific  Railroad  142 

Missouri  Stair  Co 120 

Moore,  Benjamin,  & Co 108 

More-Jones  Brass  & Metal  Co 132 

Motion  Picture  Film  Service  Exchanges 148 

Mound  City  Paint  & Color  Co 106 

Monger’s  Linen  Supply  Co 18 

Murphy  Door  Bed  Co 114 

Myers,  R.  H.,  Hardware  Co 288 

Naber’s,  Charles,  Sons 82 

National  Lead  Co 108 

National  Lumber  Co 82 

National  Printing  «&:  Engraving  Co 102 

National  Refrigerator  & Fixture  Co 140 

National  Wrecking  «&  Supply  Co 94 

Nicholson,  David,  Grocery  Co 104 

Niehaus,  H 40 

Nooter,  John,  Boiler  Works 238 

O’Brien,  John,  Boiler  Co 238 

O’Connell,  J.  W.,  Painting  Co 104 

O’Neil-Wiles  Lumber  Co 42 

O’Reilly,  Andrew  J 54 

Ostertag  Brothers  ;.118 

Parker-Washington  Co.,  The 92 

Pierce  Building  128 

Pierce  Oil  Corporation ; 154 

Pittsburgh  Plate  Glass  Co 106 

Popular  Price  Express  Co Page  in  Code  Index 

Powers  & Boyd  Cornice  & Roofing  Co 88 

Protheroe  Construction  Co 28 

Ramming,  John,  Machine  Co 154 

Reeves  & Skinner  Machinery  Co 134 

Reinforced  Concrete  Co 48 

Riechers,  Chas.  P 28 

Riesmeyer  Distilling  Co 44 

Robinson  Fire  Apparatus  Manfg.  Co 114 

Rogers-Schmitt  Wire  & Iron  Co 70 

Rowan,  P 40 

Ruemmeli-Dawley  Manfg.  Co 238 

St.  Louis  Blue  Print  & Supply  Co 4 

St.  Louis  Clay  Products  Co S8 

St.  Louis  Contracting  Co 72 

St.  Louis  Dyers  & Cleaners  Ass’n  1C4 

St.  Louis  Electric  Bridge  Co 140 

St.  Louis  Electrical  Contractor’s  Ass’n 124 

St.  Louis  Laundrymen’s  Club  ...130 

St.  Louis  Lime  & Cement  Co 06 

St.  Louis  Lumber  Co 82 

St.  Louis  Material  & Supply  Co 84 

St.  Louis  Poster  Advertising  Co 110 

St.  Louis  Sand  Blast  Co 18 

Schaefer  Bros.  Wrecking  Co 24 

Schmitt,  Fred  & Co 82 

Schurck  Iron  Works 70 

Sears  & Piou 4 8 

Security  Bldg  128 

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Seidel,  Julius,  Lumber  Co 42 

Selden-Breck  Construction  Co 7S 

Shapleig-h  Hardware  Co IS 

Sheehan,  Thos.  J.,  Plumbing  Co 168 

Sidler,  B.  & Co 88 

Skrainka  Construction  Co 22 

Smith,  C.  O.,  Plumbing  Co 168 

Smith,  Geo.  P 94 

Southwestern  Bell  Telephone  Co 132 

Standard  Oil  Co 160 

Standard  Varnish  Works 106 

Star  Heating  & American  Fire  Escape  Co 192 

Steinwender  Co.,  The  ' IIG 

Stupp  Bros.  Bridge  & Iron  Co 64 

Sutherland,  W.  M.  B.  & C.  Co 78 

Syndicate  Trust  Building 126 

Taxis,  Frederick  C.  . . .' 62 

Union  Rubber  & Supply  Co 92 

Union  Sand  & Material  Co .1.  . . . 66 

Urbauer-Atwood  Heating  Co y....242 

Venetian  Mosaic  & Granitoid  Co y 72 

Wabash  Railroad  Co 142 

Walsh  Fire  Clay  Products  Co 84 

Warner,  Ferd,  Tailoring  Co 28 

V/arren  Brothers  Co 90 

Weber,  Albert 32 

Weber  Drayage  & Warehouse  Co .* :.  90 

Wellston  Cornice  Works 88 

Welsch,  Charles  A.,  Const.  Co .' 68 

Western  Optical  Co 4 

Western  Waterproofing  Co 110 

Widmer,  A.  J 54 

Widmer  Engineering  Co 52 

Wiederholdt  Construction  Co 100 

Willis  Coal  & Mining  Co 242 

Winkle  Terra  Cotta  Co 38 

Wittker  Hardware  & Contractors'  Supply  Co 96 

Woermann  Construction  Co 72 

Wright  Building 128 

Wurdack,  William,  Electric  Manfg.  Co 134 

Zeiser  Bros.  Sign  Co 102 

Zelnicker  Supply  Co 94 


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